Hi Victor, No, I am running a vanilla system. I do have a usb external drive but only plug it in and turn it on once every two weeks for a system backup. I do not keep my printer on until I need it or the scanner. I probably will try as suggested to tighten everything. I do not know if on board sound cards can be reseated.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] sound card problem Hi Lenny, I also have had this problem, and have noticed that it only happens when I have my Skype phone attached to the USB port. What happens is I'll restart my system, then, for no apparent reason, the windows theme music will come on, but I wait and wait and wait, and no jaws. So, what I did was turn Narrator on, and discovered that Jaws was indeed working, but just wasn't speaking, or coming through the sound card. Once I shut down Jaws and restart it again, Jaws comes back without a hitch. Obviously, I use Narrator to help me unload Jaws, but once Jaws comes back, it's working fine, so I can then shut down Jaws. What I think may be the solution is to change the IRQ ports settings if you have anything else plugged into your computer. So, the question is, do you? Have something plugged into your computer, like a VOIP or Skype phone? Some other device that you use your ears with? Possible a USB microphone or something like that? Like I said, if that's the case, then you need to reassign the IRQ ports to another channel, because I think a conflict may be happening that is causing the external device to take over the sound, when it shouldn't be. Either way, if you don't have any external device plugged into your computer, then all of this is a moot point. Smile. Victor Co-moderator Blind Movie Buffs List Guidedogs List ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links __________ NOD32 3688 (20081212) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
