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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: jhuie on July 14, 2005, 12:28:40 am
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Ok, I set up Mamewah as I thought it should work and get it bombs out and leaves this message in the log:
"Automation error in SFX_InitialiseDS"
Any thoughts? I'm running Windows XP, DirectX 9.0c, loaded the little extra support files. I'm stumped. I looked EVERYWHERE I could think of for something on this error and have no clue. Oh, and it's an Athlon 3000 processor with a fresh install of everything.
Could it be that I shouldn't have installed 9.0c? I can't figure out how to remove it to go back. I reinstalled Window XP over it to try that but I'm still getting the same error.
Anyone out there smarter than I am? It wouldn't take much.... :)
As Dave Letterman used to say, "Sumbuddy peas hep me!"
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This usually means you don't have DirectX installed...but you do ::)
Check that your soundcard is DirectX compatible, sometimes they are not, which would also cause this error.
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Can you hear sound from your computer? If it's a fresh load of XP then you may not have the drivers for your sound card loaded yet. I just installed a buddies PC with XP for Mame and was getting the exact same error.
The SFX_ was a pretty clear give-a-way that it was sound card related. I didn't have speakers attached so I had no clue there was an issue. When I looked in device manager the audio device was under the "?" section. Stupid old Compaq onboard audio ;) Added the drivers and the problem went away.
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Just for some extra info, the 'InitialiseDS' part means InitialiseDirectSound...so for some reason DirectSound (part of DirectX) is having problems. 99% of the time this is due to hardware or driver issues.
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Thank you. You were right....sound drivers weren't loaded. Thank you! I was banging my head on the wall over this.
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This is years later, however, just had the same problem with an old PC I was trying to run my mamewah setup on...I read the above posts, took a look at the motherboard and noted down the model number, did a google search and found the driver downloads for the on board audio at the motherboard maker's website...installed the drivers no problem and then my setup ran just fine...
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Check your device manager to make sure all your sound drivers are installed. This seems to be a sound-related error. I installed machine-specific RealTek Audio drivers and it went away for me.