Got a nasty little problem that popped up. My SB Live Value suddenly refuses to output sound in Win 98. IE, it acts like it's playing, but there's simply no sound coming from the speakers. Yes, the speakers and such are plugged in right; the card works perfectly under Linux. I've also checked the IRQ settings in the System dialogue under the control panel; it says that there aren't any conflicts. Anyone got any ideas? :)

Made sure onboard sound is disabled? Check to see the SB live isn't sharing an interupt with anything else?

akairenn make sure the cable connect to either sound card and cd-rom...also check the play control icon which locate lower right corner..uncheck mute...

Have you checked the obvious things like is digital sound enabled in AudioHQ, but the speakers are audio.

I had this problem and though I had a bad SB Live card. Is this the first sound card or have you upgraded? If you have upgraded chances are that the system is not using the prefered device listed (SB Live). Go to your control panel. Open "multimedia". Make sure the "SB Live" is the prefered device for playback. Now make sure at the bottom of the screen the box is checked for "USE PREFERED DEVICES ONLY". Apply the changes. You should now here WAV sound. If you do not here MID or MIDI sound then click on this at the top of multimedia and choose a differnt instrument. Double check your volume levels. With the sound blaster live you usually need the master volume, wav and midi volume to be higher than usual. Also check the "Audio HQ". Now there are settings you can enable and disable and some can't be on/off at the same time. It's sort of a tradeoff. Play with these settings such as line-in/out, wav out...ect. Make sure the speaker selection is correct here as well. You can choose from desktop speakers, headphones, surround sound. If you have the setting for surround but only have two speakers you may not hear anything. Also when double click on the speaker icon on the lower right hand corner you will see the sound properties. In the menu go to the advance setting where you can adjust tremble and bass. You will also see a setting for "only use digital playback". If this is check and you do not have special digital speakers and an digital reciever you will not hear sound so uncheck this. Anthony