unable to initialize DirectSound Mame32 0.36, windows 95 any ideas?

[polaris]

ive installed a soundcard and drivers which i thought was the issue, that all seems fine, still get the error message 'unable to initialize directsound' when trying to start a game.
any clues greatly welcome. cheers

[Ginsu Victim]

Got a win95 compatible version of DirectX installed?

[polaris]

Got a win95 compatible version of DirectX installed?

cheers ginsu, probably not being as it didnt have a soundcard before, ill have a look

[polaris]

ok, there is a folder on the desktop called directx3 inside that folder is a setup icon amongst others, when i click on that i get a box within which one of the things it says is audio drivers-- no hardware support

theres a button marked reinstall direct x which gives an error if i click it, under that is a box (unclickable) saying restore sound drivers and below that a similar button for restoring video drivers which can be clicked and restores the drivers.

the sound card is working and drivers installed as far as windows is concerned. what am i missing?

[gonzo90017]

Try installing a newer version of DirectX? http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-DirectX-Drivers-Windows-95/3000-18541_4-10000714.html

[polaris]

ok, ive gone into mame 32 options and set sound to no sound, and games launch so its working minus sound i now know.
removed directx3 via add/remove progs
loaded a cd of directx8 and windows said it was installed, it doesn't show up in add/remove programs and if i try to install it via add/remove it doesn't find the cd, where would i find the directx to see it is installed?

when i try to run mame with directx selected in the sound options it takes a little longer to get the error message than with directx3 ,like its trying but it fails

cheers all

[Bobulus]

If you go to the Run menu and type

Code: [Select]

dxdiagwhat do you get?