sorry, thought I was pretty clear on what is happening. My problem is in the audio properties/volume controll (where all of the audio adjustment sliders are wave, sw synth, cd player, line in). The wave slider is the only one that will adjust my volume. The main volume control does not work at all! I also noticed that music sounds like crap. Could this be a problem with not using the right codec. I have not had this problem until a few days ago. Not really changed anything that I know of.