Delta 44 Is Sick and I Need Sound

No feedback yet on using the Realtek card so maybe one of the experts can render an opinion on the Delta 44. I have physically removed the card from the computer, put it back in, uninstalled the software, reinstalled it using the latest drivers downloaded from the M-Audio website, and all I get is a notification that there is new audio hardware installed. The Delta 44 icon shows up in the systray but right clicking on it brings up the message "dpInitInterfaceFailed". In Device Manager, under Sound Contollers, there is an M-Audio icon with a yellow dot with "!" in it. Right clicking this and selecting Properties, it says "This device cannot start (Code 10)".

Now for the question: do any of the experts think this is a hardware problem with the card in the computer? I'm looking for a quick response because someone is selling a card (without the connecting cable and breakout box which I wouldn't need) on eBay and I could replace just the card and get on with life.

I knew I could count on Beagle to "bird-dog" this one.

Delta 44 - the problem occurred about a month ago and I don't remember the details. I think I got a message that the M-Audio wasn't functioning or something like that. At that time, I downloaded the latest drivers from the M-Audio website to no avail. I've done all the standard things to bring the Delta back up but all I get are messages to install the drivers from disk when the program can't find what it is looking for. When I override that and select the downloaded driver, I get the "Code 10" message.

In Control Panel, the driver details listed are: dated 1/9/2006, ver. 5.10.0.5057. In the Delta 44 properties box, it says "Driver is enabled and functioning properly." All this leads me to conclude that it is a hardware problem.

Realtek - I think I did what you recommended but I'll go back and give it another shot. Meanwhile, I think I'll go back to eBay and take action on the card listed there.

Thanks.

My computer has 2 slots: one has the Delta card and the other a wireless transmitter card that works through my Linksys router to connect to the net. I swapped them (and then had to talk to my ISP to get the wireless card talking to the router again) but there was no change. One thing that is different, however, is when I rebooted, I don't see any indication that the computer sees an M-Audio card. This used to appear under controllers in device manager as an M-Audio device but had a yellow dot with an exclamation point. Now, there is a new top level icon called "Other devices" and Multimedia Audio Controller shows up there with a question mark over it.

Does this provide any insight?

As a retired engineer myself, I know how important it is to leave yourself a little wiggle room. I value your opinion and expertise. For $49, I think I'll go for the replacement card and if it doesn't work, I'll blame M-Audio for not responding to my plea for help at their website.

Thanks.

Nope... that's the same drivers I'm using (although I'm using XP SP2). The only newer drivers would be for Vista.

OK. Now I've got the 5.10.0.5069 driver showing in my M-Audio\Delta folder and a new icon in the systray. However, running the install program takes me back to the earlier frustration where, during the install process, it can't find the driver, even when I tell it where the DLL files are located. And device manager still shows no sign of M-Audio - just "Other devices" with "Multimedia Audio Controller with a "?" over it.

I'm getting to be quite an expert on uninstalling and installing the drivers. What you get when you run the installation program is a message that tells you the computer must be shut down, then the card installed and the computer restarted. I have tried it both that way and simply leaving the card in. I get the same result either way.

The eBay replacement Delta 44 card arrived and everything is working OK! Thanks to everyone who put their 2 cents in.

I have the exact same problem with my Delta 44 and then someone told me to try it in UBUNTU Studio and guess what, it works like a charm. So I don't know what happened with the card but it seems to be a problem with windows reading older cards, especially after a sp upgrade. Maybe I could be wrong but I'm glad I never threw the card away. The sad thing is that UBUNTU don't really have the stuff that I'm looking for, but on the brighter side the os is for free and so is all the software and even my M-Audio keyboard is plug and play without installing any drivers, but for now my recordings can go forward again. M-Audio was no help at all in this regard and even they told me that my card is faulty.