Sound Driver Problem with XP SP1 Beta


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I know now that I should have held off on installing XP SP1 beta 1, but I could not resist, and now I have a problem with my sound driver as sound will not come out of my speakers. I believe I know what the problem is, but I don't know how to resolve it. I have my normal driver installed and another driver called "Legacy Audio Driver" that I cannot remove whatsoever. I think removing that particular entry in Device Manager will fix my problem. I have tried reinstalling the driver and rolling back the driver, and that does not help. I don't think System Restore will help either. I am almost to the point of removing SP1 (I made a backup of my old files) and going back to good 'ol Win XP Gold.

Another thing, when I go to the Sounds and Audio Devices Control Panel applet, it says that I have no sound device.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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BTW, the sound card is a Turtle Beach Montego II, but in Windows XP SP1 it shows up as Aureal 8830 Audio (WDM).

EDIT: Basically what I am asking right now is how to remove the "Legacy Audio Driver" from my system without the use of device man. since I cannot remove it through device man. (see above).

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maybe just reinstall using a cd or something that came with the card? or try windows update, their may or may not be something there

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what's wrong with the legacy drivers? i have those installed too for some reason and my sound works just fine. sorry i can't be of more help...

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Originally posted by codyg11

I know now that I should have held off on installing XP SP1 beta 1, but I could not resist, and now I have a problem with my sound driver as sound will not come out of my speakers. I believe I know what the problem is, but I don't know how to resolve it. I have my normal driver installed and another driver called "Legacy Audio Driver" that I cannot remove whatsoever. I think removing that particular entry in Device Manager will fix my problem. I have tried reinstalling the driver and rolling back the driver, and that does not help. I don't think System Restore will help either. I am almost to the point of removing SP1 (I made a backup of my old files) and going back to good 'ol Win XP Gold.

Another thing, when I go to the Sounds and Audio Devices Control Panel applet, it says that I have no sound device.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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The legacy drivers are not the problem, they are installed by windows itself and are irrespective of what sound card you have installed; the problem from what I've read stems from the driver misdetection (aureal instead of turtle beach), but at any rate they don't call it a BETA for nothing!

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Originally posted by darkmark327

The legacy drivers are not the problem, they are installed by windows itself and are irrespective of what sound card you have installed; the problem from what I've read stems from the driver misdetection (aureal instead of turtle beach), but at any rate they don't call it a BETA for nothing!

yeah exactly every one has "legacy audio drivers" installed. its part of installation. i have it too.

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I had a similar issue, where I could not get the sound card to be seen in XP pro. It turns out that there is a registry entry, that was not giving me full rights to install the driver.

I can send the info it to you if you would like. I dont have it handy at my current location.

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