Okay so I got my hands on a BOSE companion 5 speaker system, its a USB "plug and play" set up and doesn't come with drivers. I hooked it up last night and all was well until this morning when I rebooted my PC. They stopped working! Been trying for the last 3 hours to fix it and no luck. PC has onboard soundMAX sound card with the most recent drivers according to ASUS. Anyone have any ideas?

Disable the integrated sound devices in the device manager. Do this while the USB bose is not plugged in.

 

Plug the Bose in and it'll probably work.

Disable the integrated sound devices in the device manager. Do this while the USB bose is not plugged in.

 

Plug the Bose in and it'll probably work.

 

tried it five times, but a sixth wont hurt =P

search google?

search google?

 

Just found a bunch of people with the same problem and no fixes. Only fix I found was for Vista. I'm on XP

Is the bose recognized in the device manager?

 

If it is, is the sound just muted?

 

The problem is getting windows to use one or the other as the default device. Windows 7 made this really easy. In XP disabling the integrated device ensures that the new USB device becomes default.

Is the bose recognized in the device manager?

 

If it is, is the sound just muted?

 

The problem is getting windows to use one or the other as the default device. Windows 7 made this really easy. In XP disabling the integrated device ensures that the new USB device becomes default.

 

It comes up as USB audio device in the device manager and comes up in the audio properties as being the BOSE system.

Is the bose recognized in the device manager?

 

If it is, is the sound just muted?

 

The problem is getting windows to use one or the other as the default device. Windows 7 made this really easy. In XP disabling the integrated device ensures that the new USB device becomes default.

 

It comes up as USB audio device in the device manager.

 

So the interface is working. There's not yellow or red icons on that entry?

Is the bose recognized in the device manager?

 

If it is, is the sound just muted?

 

The problem is getting windows to use one or the other as the default device. Windows 7 made this really easy. In XP disabling the integrated device ensures that the new USB device becomes default.

 

It comes up as USB audio device in the device manager.

 

So the interface is working. There's not yellow or red icons on that entry?

 

Nope, it looks normal.

So in the control panel, audio devices, audio tab, it's listed as the default device and you get no sound?

 

And you're sure sounds aren't muted in the volume control?

 

Sounds fooked to me.

So in the control panel, audio devices, audio tab, it's listed as the default device and you get no sound?

 

And you're sure sounds aren't muted in the volume control?

 

Sounds fooked to me.

 

Yep, its listed as the default and the sound is 100% in the control.

 

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wow I feel dumb. my brother gave me the wrong power cable when he gave me the speakers, unless it came with the wrong one to begin with. took the one from my cable box and now its working perfect :oops: thanks for the help malsua

When it doesn't work.. turn it on :-P

When it doesn't work.. turn it on :-P

 

It was getting power. The light turned on and everytime you plugged in the USB it recognized it.

When it doesn't work.. turn it on :-P

 

It was getting power. The light turned on and everytime you plugged in the USB it recognized it.

 

How come it worked the first night though if it had the wrong power cord?

When it doesn't work.. turn it on :-P

 

It was getting power. The light turned on and everytime you plugged in the USB it recognized it.

 

How come it worked the first night though if it had the wrong power cord?

 

no idea. thats why I didnt even think about checking it to begin with. Just glad I checked it, four hours was enough time wasted trying to fix it.