There are no active Mixer Devices Availalbe

[kevin]

Hi i'm having this problem after a tv tuners drivers corrupted my sound
cards...

*//error msg: There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer
devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then
click Add Hardware.

This program will now close. //*

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the soundcard (intergrated SoundMAX) and
everything seems fine. It is also showing up in the Device Manager. What
would be easier is if i could get the name of the driver and istall it
straight off the Windows XP disc as it is a "Microsoft Driver" not a
"SoundMAX driver" Thanks

Is your onboard audio device enabled in the BIOS?
Did you download and install the latest Windows XP
audio drivers available from the support web site of
the manufacturer of your motherboard or computer?

[kevin]

yes, drivers are up to date yes... problem is wif winxp pro and i've looked
at it more and the real problem is "Device Status" (after going into Device
manager -> Sound Video & Game Controllers -> soundMAX integrated digital
audio -> Properties:

Audio Devices (SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio) -> Status: Driver is
enabled but has not been started
MIDI Devices and Instruments (WDM-based Device) -> as above
Mixer Devices (SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio) -> as per audio devices

Go to Start > Run and type in: services.msc , and hit enter.
Scroll down to "Windows Audio", right-click on it and select
Properties, set the startup type to Automatic, click Apply and
then click the Start button.

[mkh278]

Thanks for your help so far but this still hasn't resolved my problem as I
have tried that and it was already started. I've also restarted to computer
(again) afterward and still no luck.

I've got the same problem, OK here is the deal - win xp with sp2 on a P4
(865GM2 MSI motherboard)

Device manager lists the audio device and drivers and says its working
properly. There are no conflicts. However, Volume control says there is
no audio device and settings are greyed out. Drivers in use c-media
5.12.1.44

Up until a recent windows update, sound was working. The update
installed the latest hardware driver for AC97 audio contoller (which it
identified as vynl AC97).

We have removed the files in system32/ and system32/drivers that relate
to the vynl update and those for c-media and replaced them with the
original working c-media drivers (as listed above).

we have checked the services are running for windows audio and
dependants.
AC97 is enabled in the bios, which has also been reset along with the
cmos.

to rule out hardware we have installed and subequently removed a SB
card - the exact same fault is present.

anyone know a fix?

OK we got it fixed. The plug and play software emulator had was missing.
Fixed by searching for machine.inf then copy to temp directory. remove
at about line 20 " ExcludeFromSelect=* "

goto control panel, add new hardware, next (let it seach), yes hardware
is connected, next, scroll to bottom, add new hardware device, next,
install from list, next, select system devices, next, select have disk,
point to amended copy of machine.inf in temp directory, scroll to "plug
and play software device emulator" in right hand column, next and
complete install.

Search for the machine.inf file on your PC. Create a directory and call
it anything you like. Copy the machine.inf file to the new directory.
Modify the .inf file as instructed.

When you get to select have disk, browse to the new directory you just
made and use your modified machine.inf file.

machine.inf is in your windows directory. to find you must advance
search for hidden files

[marcos77]

hello all,
i screwed up my windowsXP audio setup while trying to install a bad PCMCIA audio card.
PC froze (not BSOD, just froze) a couple of time while hard disk was writing/reading drivers in the system folder. i had to turn off the pc each time and boot again.
The second time i reboot i discovered i had no audio.
Audio peripherals in Hardware were all yellow marked, even EIDE DVDreader was yellow marked , and "plug n play software enumerator" too.

you can easily imagine what happened... 3 or 4 fundamental drivers had
been damaged because hard disk was reading/writing in those sectors when the PC froze.

so i gave a look to the system log , found which drivers couldn't be loaded and manually overwrite them with backup files i had.
then i removed yellow marked peripherals and reinstalled them.
Now everything seemed right, but there was still no audio.
I forgot to reinstall "Pnp software enum". And I didn't know how to reinstall it, since it didn't appear in "install new hardware" lists.
Until Optrex found the solution.
Great, man. I registered to this forum just to make you my compliments ;)
marco, italy

[joleo]

rite i did what optrex said but after that it said "device cannot start, Code 10". it says that on my audio driver aswell. when i go onto run, ect... it says that my device is already started. how should i mend this?

[dinousb]

hi but i cant find eny machine.inf fil in my pc plzzzz tell me what to du u r a good person plzzz i want to wach movies plzzzzzzz

hi guys i had the same prob but i have fix it yaa and i am happy.but i an not remember much of that what i did but still i tell u some thing.farts start,control panle,system,hardwaar,device mannager, if u guys havin same prob then u shold c somthing yollow question mark that named auido cantroler or some thing liker that im not sure. eny ways duble clik it and one window will pop up now click on reinctall drive,thean chose *install from a list or spacific location* thean next,and chose *dont serch i will choose the driver to install*thean next, thean scrol down to *sound video,and game cotroler* and thean next now in manifacture chose lntel and in model chose lntel(r)82801AAAC audio controler and thean click next and thean yes and install it . plzzzz commant and sa that it did work and if u dont like it theas say that i didnt right it. well i that works for u guys well it did for me. commant me ok?

[Hank Freid]

First of all i would like to tell you Machine.inf

Machine.inf is the INF file used by the Windows operating system during the Windows startup process to map core chipset hardware and BIOS-enumerated or firmware-enumerated device identifiers (IDs). Windows uses this information for tasks such as:

• Creating services and visual display strings.
• Copying drivers in conjunction with Layout.inf.
• Creating and deleting registry entries.
• Applying filter drivers.

As new chipsets evolve or when system manufacturers change device description strings for their current chipsets, Machine.inf is the file they must modify.

To study more visit Machine.inf

[carlcobb]

The fix from Optrex worked. Before the reinstall of the sound driver did not.

Now I have a question: Do I move the modified <machine.inf> file from the temporary location to the \windows\system32\ directory for future updates? Or do I leave it alone in the \temp directory?

Thanks again for a solution to a difficult problem (for me at least).

[Boo]

Hello, i need help, i have just read your message, followed all steps through correctly (i hope) up untill "Have disk" where i Browse to my temporary file "C:\Documents and Settings\Bec\My Documents\machine.inf" click ok and then nothing occurs and i am left with the manufacturer and model panes blank. Is it that i have set up a wrong temporary directory? Or that i need to insert my manufacturer's installation disk?

I probably have done something obviously wrong, heck i didn't know what a temporary directory was untill last week, i just want to be able to listen to music, and i really appreciate that people are out there that are willing to help someone who may not be all there with computers :)

[koebel99]

work perfectlt thanks alot man thanks to dinousb

can't seem to find machine.inf
any suggestions?

Are your search options set to include System and Hidden files?