Winamp bad direct sound driver

Recent Blog Posts. Recent Photos. View More Photo Galleries. Unread PMs. Forum Themes Mobile Progressive. Essentials Only Full Version. Bad Direct Sound Driver I have a problem. In other words how to be able to work in Sonar with wdm driver and also be able to use, at the same time, WinAmp?

Dave Modisette. I do that in Sonar If both soft are running I cannot use in Sonar the Audio Echo. Winamp 2. Driver tab 6. Control Panel 2. Audio tab 4. No dice? Try updating the soundcard drivers. If you have a soundcard go the manufacturer's website for updates. If you have an on board sound chip, go to the website of your computer provider or the manufacturer of the mother board. Also make sure DirectX is up to date for your system. Still no dice? Please post a reply with system specs.

Please do not PM me for tech support. Any request for tech support through PM will be ignored. For some strange reason I had to re-install my video codecs.. Yet this happened before I even downloaded 5. After all said and done tried to listen to music the other day. I get a "bad direct sound driver please install proper drivers or select another device in config error code ". Any clue how I can fix this myself. In Hardware Manager, does it show a sound device or devices present if so what specs?

Or is there no sound device installed at that view? I know this is a long shot here, but it may be a windows service stopping you from using audio. This has happened to me a few times when I killed one of the svchost. To test, go into control panel and under classic view, I just like it that way select the sounds and audio devices icon.

If it beeps when the error appears to tell you you have no sound drivers installed this will work. Start the service and try to play in winamp again. OR If the above does not work, does winamp still want your onboard sound card to use? It may say primary sound driver, but change it to your new sound card and push OK then close preferences.

Try playing a song again.