Computer sound driver issue

[PowerTube]

That's a new one for me. I have good luck on customer's systems with Spybot Search & Destroy.

I used Spybot and Ad-Aware for years, but now I use absolutely nothing but SuperAntiSpyware. Too many times, Spybot and Ad-Aware would find a pest and claim to have gotten rid of it, but then it pops right back up a couple of minutes later. An example that comes to mind is WinAntiVirus [year] Pro and WinAntiSpyware, both of which are nasty trojans posing as "protection" (asking for credit card info to "purchase"). Both Spybot and Ad-Aware found it but failed to kil it. Super is actually better than some of the commercial ones I've tried. If you encounter a nasty, hard-to-kill challenge, get Super and run the Full System Scan.

[Rsmacker]

I'd try the drivers here <- link

Pfffft, do you think he's going to click that link? :ROTF:


Wilksy-baby, sugarlump, sweetie - go and dowload "Hijack This" (there'll be links on one of the following sites) then go to http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ or http://forums.techguy.org/ and get some advice there. Both sites are populated by speccy twats who have never kissed a real girl and who wank over Lara Croft, but they sure know their shit when it comes to computers. Someone there will be able to sort out your problem.

(Not that problem, I mean the PC one. I've told you how to get over the other one - deep breaths and thinking about fishing)

[PowerTube]

Pfffft, do you think he's going to click that link? :ROTF:

Um....dude.....that link goes to the ABIT site in the UK.

[Rsmacker]

Um....dude.....that link goes to the ABIT site in the UK.

I know, I was winding him up, you know how highly strung he is, bless him. He's probably wary of clicking any link now. (Although, hand on heart, those 2 I put up are legit)

[wilkinsi]

Well none of what's been suggested so far has worked, but thanks for trying.

[LouSiffer]

Wilkinsi,

Does your PC see the sound card if you go into your hardware manager?

Does your MoBo also have onboard audio? If so, is there sound coming from it?

When you formatted your hard drive, did you re-install all the Mobo Drivers and Utilities...especially the drivers for the PCI slots?

Have you tried putting the card in a different slot?

[wilkinsi]

Audio card is on board the motherboard. I uninstalled NVIDIA, it picked it up during installation, but then failed at the end with the same RUNDLL - error loading streamci etc etc message.

[LouSiffer]

If you know exactly which .dll file is missing/corrupted, you can try to download the .dll from http://www.dll-files.com/ If you are unsure or it is not specific about the .dll, you can go to this site and use the .dll repair tool http://www.dllnerd.com/1/?k=Repair-D...FRufnAodaWj53Q .

It is possible that said virus may have destroyed the onboard audio....which I doubt due to the errors you are receiving. Either way, you can buy add on soundcard to install for a reasonable amount, usually around $20-30 in US dollars.

[wilkinsi]

If you know exactly which .dll file is missing/corrupted, you can try to download the .dll from http://www.dll-files.com/ If you are unsure or it is not specific about the .dll, you can go to this site and use the .dll repair tool http://www.dllnerd.com/1/?k=Repair-D...FRufnAodaWj53Q .

It is possible that said virus may have destroyed the onboard audio....which I doubt due to the errors you are receiving. Either way, you can buy add on soundcard to install for a reasonable amount, usually around $20-30 in US dollars.

I tried that link before. Completely useless I'm afraid.

[Spivonious]

You need to get a copy of streamci.dll and put it in the C:\Windows\System32 folder and then reinstall the sound drivers. For some reason it's not getting copied over as part of the Windows install.

[wilkinsi]

Resolved

I did find that streamci.dll and copied it into both system and system32 folders, but it threw a fit at me. After a lot of unin- and rein- stalling, and help from a couple Windows XP discs (my father has a folder of "holy grail" CD's) that sorted it. Seems this is all trial and error, not some set instruction.

[LouSiffer]

You may have had a bad spot on the disc. You may want to resurface the disc to save it. -Lou