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My CMI8330 won't Record, I get great playback but not recording, using MusicMatch I can burn mp3's all day but to actually make a wav w/ sndrec32. Nothing happens....
I feel like I'm fairly knowledgeable but what gives?... new drivers have worked I don't know what the problem is...

It's something simple. Is the microphone muted in either the sound card settings or when you double click the taskbar icon? Is the mike sound level turned down too low? Is the mike plugged into the right hole on the sound card? Open windows explorer, click View/Folder Options/File Types, scroll down to wave file, and click Edit. It should say Open, Play and Record in the Actions box. If record is missing, click Edit and add it.

The Recording properties are all shadowed in the Sound Propeties CPL. They do not allow for adjustment.

NOT the sound properties in CPL.
Double click the speaker icon that's on the taskbar next to the time. That should bring up a mixer box where you can change the sound settings. If there is no speaker icon on the taskbar, click Add & Remove in CPL, then Windows Setup, and see if Volume Control was installed when Windows was. If not, install it, or remove it and reinstall it.
Then in sound properties in CPL you should be able to click "show volume control on taskbar".
If the sound card was installed correctly and it's drivers, it should have it's own mixer program where you can change the volume, midi, cd, mike and other settings also.

Same problem. I can't figure it out and can't seem to get to the www.cmedia.com.tw home site to see if there are any updated drivers. Ideas?

Instale una tarjeta de sonido pero windows 98 dice que el controlador CM3880.vxd no esta certificado.
Que puedo hacer para corregir este problema?

Instale una tarjeta de sonido pero windows 98 dice que el controlador CM3880.vxd no esta certificado.
Que puedo hacer para corregir este problema?

Does anybody know where I can obtain the latest 8330 drivers? I have tried the www.cmedia.com.tw web site but I cannot fully download what I am looking for.

I have install windows 2000 (nt5) beta but
my sound card doesn't work ( in device statut
it's writen: This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31))

I installed a new motherboard (MS571S)from tigersystem that has the C-Media's 8330 chipset sound with it's drivers. When I installed the modem from digicom (creative's Lab), windows crashes as soon as I type my password. The modem and windows (98) works fine when there is no sound drivers intalled and windows work fine when the sound drivers are intalled with no modem but they can't work together. How can I fix this?

It's none of the above. There are extra sound utilities on the driver disk that enable you to record. Look in the utilities folder.

I have a lot of trouble configuring the sound bard to work with any Voice write program. After an initial success one time in a voice chat in yahoo, the second attempt failed to connect voice. Why? The failure to work with Voice write is incompatability, no gain control and other errors. Why?

I am using Win 98, 16 bit sound.
I recently downloaded the updated driver, and since then I do not have any sounds.
Ihave checked all connections and if the speakers srill work. Does anyone have an idea, or should I just buy a new card?

Please do not respond to my previous message, I just reinstalled the drivers, after uninstalling previous.
This method worked.

Lemme tell you guys something.. THE 8330 SUCKS... I have it, and have nothing but complaints... I am a Computer tech, and my opinion of this card is that it was poorly developed, as were the drivers

8330 Sucks....End of Story....smash it and through it in the lake...you'll feel better....realy
CRASH

Does the 8330 sound chip support A3d? in windows 98, it lists the a3d driver, and i downloaded the newest a3d drivers, and it updated it fine....and in most games, a3d works ok, and doesnt slow down the computer at all...surrround sound works ok, but i want to know what exactly this sound card supports, and is there any other sound card drivers i could use to enhance or take advantage of the chips full usage?
thanks!
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hello...I don't know the line to input in my config.sys file to work on dos with my c-media soundcard (cmi8338)...
Please Help!!!

Perù
Tengo 8330 integrada en la mainboard sis, el problema es que mo puedo grabar ningùn sonido

My C-Media 8330 driver is incompatible with Direct X Direct Sound. Help! Are there any reliable certified drivers to be found?

This chip is rubbish. Anyway, I'd like to know how to get it to *work*.
I don't want to record, listen to 3d audio or anything strange. I just want simple sound! Where the hell are the drivers???
Does C-Media know their stuff sucks?

My computer crashes constantly. The error is something about the CM8330.drv. This sound chip is on my motherboard. Does anyone have a fix besides throw it out?

espero le den cabiada a mi peticion....y me la puedan resolver, necesito el software de este adaptador... si alguien lo tiene por favor mandemelo....
gracias de antemano

Necesito esta adaptador porque al pasar de windows 95 a windows 98-2ªversión me dice que el controlador no está registrado
....gracias, espero respuesta

My Windows98 got crash with C-Media 8330
It's said :
MSGSRV32 caused a general protection fault in module CM8330SB.DRV at 0003:00000b75What should I do???

I am having the same problem as Response #1. I tried to look for wav file in Explorer...Not wav file there....Any suggestions????

Does anyone know where I can get a3d drivers. I get a yellow exclamation after installing Windows 2000, on a Tiger system that has the CMI8330 card. The sounds works half-a**ed and I need the distortion taken competely away, and that yellow mark removed from the 3d part.
HELP!!!

I've just spent half a day trying to get a CMI8330 sound card to work, Then I found this site through GOOGLE.COM - Try going to the following website, but I suggest you do it at about 2am Japanese time, otherwise expect download speeds of less than 3k/s. This site contains win2K drivers as well as updated (ie; ver 2.0 beta) drivers for win95/98.

OOPS! Sorry, I forgot to include the URL:
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/edl8330.htm
Good luck - You'll need it!

Re response #32
I have just downloaded the drivers and after installing them find that any sound played just repeats itself continously. Does anyone have any suggestions how I might stop this.

the system crashes could be do if you installed a "modem Blaster" modem
the oem drivers only work with sound blaster sound cards.
go to http://www.modemblaster.com/techsupp/dlmb.html
to get the good drivers. you may need to diable you sound card or pull it out, so you can use you new modem. i found this modem will not work with a lot of asound drivers.
hope this helps
Dave

i'm looking for a pci communication driver for my mother card Cmedia 8330
I've insatlled a pci modem card Olitec 5600 V2 but it don't work.
Who can help me?

bueno, como yo buscaba los drivers, vallanse a la re concha de su madre......
gracias!!!!!!!!!

Can someone tell me how to get the LINE-IN to work on my C-Media sound card? Everything else works great! But I can't record anything from the Line-In jack.

Yeah the exact same problem here. No record.
It used to work just fine...but I might have a feeling that it might have to do with directx 7, but I don't really know.

OK here is the fix for not being able to record:
1.)Open the volume control in the system tray, or get to it through the start menu, and open it.
2.)click on options
3.)click on properties
4.)click on recording
5.)check all the boxes in the box at the bottom.
6.)click on OK
7.)check all the boxes in the recording control to select them(in the volume control you check them to mute, but in the recording it enables them!)
8.)THERE YOU GO!!

I, like others here now think that this chipset sucks and am almost ready to chuck it out.
After having everything working solidly in NT4 for the past 18 months (same hardware), I have switched to windows ME from a clean build. I have downloaded the latest drivers (30w98ver20.zip) from cmedia, and it all works except the mpu401 interface. Whatever I do, I cannot get my music keyboard back in through the midi port. It was OK previously with NT. using PCChips M590 with onboard cm8330. Any clues?

Yeah, this CMI8330 SUCKS GARBAGE! I've spent the last 3 nights trying to get it to work (just for dialpad.com as that idiotic site doesn't support the mac or linux - why???). Now that I see I have to click on all the checkboxes under the volume control - how intuitive is that? It barely works now (have to yell to get a signal). My fix is now to burn it with a torch, find another site equivalent to dialpad.com and use my linux or mac...

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