I was given a KT 4 Ultra Series motherboard from a friend of mine with built in audio:

C-Media 8738MX 6-channel audio + SPDIF out

I did a fresh install of XP Pro, loaded the mobo drivers, updated the mobo drivers and the sound still didn't work.

I was given the error, "There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and other hardware, and then click Add Hardware.

I tried this and it didn't work. Checked the properties of the audio devices and all were working correctly.

I figured that my friend probably junked the mobo because the audio went out, so I installed an old sound card from another machine. ASL4000.

I installed the ASL4000 and loaded the XP drivers.

Device manager has it as working, but I'm still getting the same error.

I tried reinstalling the sndvol32.exe from the XP Pro disk through the command prompt and was successful, but it still didn't work for me.

Any ideas?