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| M.I.G.R3S|D3Nt |
  Posted 14th Dec 2005 1:06am |
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i just bought external sound card SOUND BLAST, and it support EAX, however i have same problem. When I get in RF there is no sound. And it only happens with that game, F1,GTA san andreas are fine. Wut can b the problem. It seems that everything i try fails |
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sobe  |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 1:22am |
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Please state the full product name. Also, you may want to download some drivers for it.
Get them from here:
http://www.creative.com/language.asp?sDestUrl=/support/downloads |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| M.I.G.R3S|D3Nt |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 1:29am |
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sound blaster model is SB0490 it says on the bottom |
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| sobe |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 3:20am |
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So is this exactly what you have:
Creative Labs Sound Blaster® Live!™ 24-Bit External USB 1.1 (SB0490)
If for that, definetely make sure digital isn't checked as I posted in your other topic. Also, I would tend to say uninstall anything to do with anything that might interfere with the operation of your sound card. For example, your onboard SoundMax drivers, they interfered with my sound card. And try taking off EAX and see if you get sound. Since it works on other games except RF, I assume you are trying to use EAX, just turn it off and see what happens.
Also, not that they are bad, but what led you to getting an external sound card rather than a PCI card?! |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| M.I.G.R3S|D3Nt |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 3:41am |
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well thank you, i did allready turn off the sound max, however i dunno where to find the digital thing. I got an external becuase my PC is small, and i would need a custom sound card for it from dell, or maybe other retailer, and i got this just for rf. |
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| sobe |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 4:04am |
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Did turning off EAX get the sound to work? Please let me know. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| M.I.G.R3S|D3Nt |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 4:36am |
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Turning the EAX sound unfortunately did not work, it actually makes it worse, since i canoot hear that test  |
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| sobe |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 10:19pm |
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Open the Red Faction Launcher, check to see if Direct Sound is enabled. Click "Detect Available Sound Cards" and then select Direct Sound. After that, follow this:
If you can not hear any sound from speakers or headphones connected to your Sound Blaster, yet it appears to be playing, please verify its mixer settings and multimedia properties.
To test your sound card and speakers, follow and complete all the steps listed below. Test sound after every step to see if the step corrected your problem.
Test the Sound Blaster card with different programs such as Windows Sound Recorder, Media Player, Creative PlayCenter, Creative MediaSource.
Test the sound card by playing different media formats such as Wave, .MP3, .WMA, .MID, or CD Audio.
Test the Sound Blaster card with a pair of headphones in the Line_Out jack.
Test your speakers by plugging them to a different audio device such as a portable music player.
Ensure that the speakers are connected properly:
If you have digital speakers, plug them into the yellow jack(Digital Out), and ensure that "Digital Out Only" is enabled in the Creative Surround Mixer. Please note, unless you are playing a DVD movie or game encoded with multi channel audio, you will only hear front right and front left only from speakers connected to the Digital Out only.
If you have analog speakers, plug them into the green jack (Line-Out 1) on the sound card. Make sure that Digital Out Only option is disabled in the Creative Surround Mixer. Make sure the speakers are turned on and volume is turn up appropriately. If your speakers have input options make sure they are set up correctly. (Check the speaker manual for this information).
For more detailed information on Creative Surround Mixer, please refer to its Online help. Open the Creative Surround Mixer, then click on the 'Surround Mixer' icon on the top left hand side of the application. Click on Highlight 'Help Topics' or 'Help'.
Verify the mixer settings:
Click on Start, Programs, Creative, Sound Blaster Live! (or other appropriate cards), and Surround mixer.
Find the device that is labeled wave direct sound. Make sure the volume bar is at least 75%. Directly below the volume bar is a circle. Make sure the circle is yellow (this means un-muted). If it is grey, click on it and it will change from grey to yellow.
Repeat the procedure for other devices as well, such as CD Audio, MIDI.
Make sure your Sound Blaster card is selected as the preferred device
Double click on My Computer. In My Computer, click on Control Panel. In Control Panel, double click on Multimedia (or Sound and Audio Devices). Then click on the Audio tab, and make sure your preferred device is set to Sound Blaster card.
Check the box next to Use preferred devices only.
Click on the Devices tab. Click on the plus sign by mixer devices, make sure that your current Sound Blaster card is the only listing. If there is another mixer listed, double click on it and choose the disable option.
Verify the Device Status in Windows Device Manager.
Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel / System (Hardware Profiles). Double click on the Device Manager tab.
Locate the category for Sound, Video and Game Controller, double click on the plus (+) sign next to it. If there are other 3rd party audio card(s) listed, double click on it, then disable it. Double click on the Sound Blaster Live! card, verify its Device Status.
After gathering as much info as I could for the product you are trying to use, that SHOULD fix it! lol
Please let me know if this fixed your issue. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| M.I.G.R3S|D3Nt |
Posted 15th Dec 2005 2:25am |
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lol it is worthless, i have spen at least an hour changing combinations of settings and still no sound. well i want to thank you for all the halp and info that you have provided. If it would have been the sound then this would have probably fixed it, however its definetly the game Thnax A lot  |
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| sobe |
Posted 15th Dec 2005 2:35am |
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Sorry we couldn't get it resolved. If you need help with any other type of computer hardware then please let me know Or post on Tech Nominal. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| M.I.G.R3S|D3Nt |
Posted 15th Dec 2005 1:52pm |
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lol its fixed. i reinstalled the product, and put a different .exe in it and it worked THX for help thou |
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