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No audio device
Name: Chelsea Date: January 29, 2009 at 16:57:07 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Sound Cards
Comment:
ok here is the deal i got this computer from my friend and when i turned it on i have no audio device i troubleshooted and put dxdiag in the run menu there is no audio tab and when i test my audio device (soundmax integrated digital audio) i hear music but then as a problem it says "DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by another caller.)"
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