T20 direct sound Failure

[jamerslong]

I got my DVD drive to play dvd's. i needed to update direct x. but now i suffer from another issue, Direct x cannot initialize Direct sound, when it goes to load the direct sound drivers i get a general error 0x80004005 Problem getting Extra sound Info .

so now i have no sound when i play my dvd's with Maximus DVD player 1.2 on windows 98

[jamerslong]

Nobody has anything for me? i am curious about this...

also i have a couple non complete driver installations that i canno figure out. i think one is a Serial ide controller? and an unknown Device.

everything is installed driver wise so idk what the unknown device could be

[Robbyrobot]

Nobody has anything for me? i am curious about this...

One of the problems may be the DVD player... if you've got something not many people are familiar with, few can help. Might be worthwhile checking the player programmer's website to see whether any information is available there.

But a more basic one is presumably the Windows 98... the number of people using it is dropping, the driver support is withering and in particular, expertise with it in connection with modern or fairly modern applications (such as DVD players) is uncommon.

I'm conservative and also stayed with Win98 for a very long time, but I think in this kind of a situation - problems with modern software, driver installations and the like - you'd be better off moving to a more modern OS. The T20 would run Windows 2000 and with enough RAM even Windows XP, and both would give you fewer problems.

If such a switch is not a viable option for you, my advice would be to check the Internet for Win98-specific forums, where you might get more information than here, since the problems you describe don't appear to be Thinkpad-specific.

Sorry not to be able to provide anything more, but I hope the above gives you some food for thought.

[jamerslong]

Thanks for the information, The problem isnt the software.. Maximus Dvd player is designed for windows 98, i am also using the classic media player and it plays sound but only with Wave out, the error comes into play with DxDiag. i belive i had this same error with my thinkpad 600X but i sold it and never used anything that aquired the direct sound. the problem sources from the sound card.