Strange Sound Problem

[horseflicker]

Hey Guys,
This is a weird one that is causing a giant pain. I'm running a dual boot, Win 7 Ultimate and XP Pro. I had to reinstall 7 and after that NO sound. It says the MIDI speakers are not plugged in. When I boot to XP everything works in the sound department. No issues at all. I've tried updating the drivers and even changed the sound card. Nothing on 7. Working on XP. Is this nuts, or am I?

I'm running a custom built AMD with 4 gigs of ram and 1 terabyte of HD in a few partitions. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm a senior trying to keep learning.

If anyone can figure this out...you ARE the guys. Thanks from Northern BC Canada. Sorry about the Canucks beating Nashville.

 

[Britton30]

Welcome horseflicker, do you have MIDI speakers? What type of sound output devices do you have?
While in Win 7, go to Sounds in Control Panel and see what device, if any is listed as the default for playback. Post a snip of it.

Oh, you're not crazy, that's why we are all here!

 

[horseflicker]

Hey, Thanks for the reply.

On playback in Sound-Control Panel. It says 'Realtek HDMI Audio......not plugged in.

I'm running a Logitech 3 way speaker system. 2 side speakers and a big bass on the floor. All working perfectly when I'm running on XP Pro.

 

[Britton30]

The HDMI audio is for the HDMI cable connected to, say, a HDTV. What else is in the sounds?
One should be listed as default, should be the same one as for XP..unless Win 7 needs a different driver. My mobo needed a new realtek driver when I upgraded to Win7
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[horseflicker]

Hi,

In Playback Devices...it only shows the HDMI Output, nothing else. I've tried disabling it but that doesn't do anything.
It doesn't even show headphones or speakers. I've downloaded the driver updates. They report that it was installed correctly. Did the restart thing....then still nothing. How can I get rid of the ATI HDMI Audio?

Nuts, aye. As I mentioned..as soon as I boot to XP everything works fine.

Thanks,

 

[myzr7]

horseflicker Welcome to SevenForums
Have you tried to run the driver in compatibility mode. Change it to xp when installing it in Win7.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

 

[Britton30]

Here's how to Post a Screen Snip.
What MAY be happening is the drivers for each OS are conflicting with each other. You have the XP driver loaded to the Realtek audio in XP, bbut Win 7 won't recognise it. As Myzr said, try the Compatibility mode for XP within Win 7.