From what I read that you mention, you have 3 choices.

1) Pull the plug, open the box and make sure the card is properly seated in
it's slot.

2) Remove any/all sound devices in Safe Mode, reboot and reinstall.

3) Try a different sound card.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
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"ms" wrote in message ...
Brian A. wrote:
You didn't mention if your device shows as the preferred device in Control
Panel Multimedia applet Audio tab.


Yes, it shows ESSAudioDrive in both Playback and Recording, as default.

???

Mike