san andreas sound gone

[Whos_Ur_Paddy?]

have been playing san andreas and its been fine up till now. I am half way through and now all of a sudden all sfx is gone i have the radio stations still and they work but gun fire opening of car doors video sequences etc are no sound w.t.f. is going on does anyone know what could be doing this ,i have a audigy 2 zs sound card ps. i also did a format and reinstall to see if this could fix it but no same problem even if i start a new game

[Joe Forster/STA]

How about updating your EAX drivers and/or switching off EAX support for a test? I've had problems with it in the past, with some not-so-compatible games and a few-subversions-older drivers... Good luck!

[Whos_Ur_Paddy?]

i updated the drivers for the sound card it was working fine and now that i half way through bang gone how do i disable eax on sound card joe?

[Grumpy]

G'day Paddy,
I have an Audigy 2 Platnium sound card and I am presuming the 2 use similiar programs? To disable my EAX, and it may be the same for you, right click the sound control icon in the system tray, and choose the 'EAX console'. In there you should find a box called something like 'Enable Audio Effects'. Untick it.
Hopefully that is some help.

[DABhand]

I disabled my EAX with the game, I too was getting the quietness now and again, but once I saved the game sometimes the sound came back, or if some other triggered event happened it came back.

But after disabling my eax to the game, it played ok.

[Whos_Ur_Paddy?]

thanks lads gonna try that now will post results