Call of Duty 4 - WTF?

[FallenMorgan]

Okay, I noticed that I think my sound card is inadiquit. What I noticed though is when I put my headphones in backwards, with the microphone in the headphone hole, and the headphone in the microphone hole, the game works.

When I don't do that though, the game starts up for a second then crashes.

Any idea what the heck I should do?

[rukisuto]

That's incredibly odd.
How did you figure out how to make it work like that? Lol.

[FallenMorgan]

Somebody said something about that on a forum. I tried it out and it worked, it sounded stupid though.

[jakncoke]

Okay, I noticed that I think my sound card is inadiquit. What I noticed though is when I put my headphones in backwards, with the microphone in the headphone hole, and the headphone in the microphone hole, the game works.

When I don't do that though, the game starts up for a second then crashes.

Any idea what the heck I should do?

buying a better sound card could be a good first step.

[LiNuX]

does it crash when you don't have the mic and headphones plugged it? or keep on going

if it works, then i'd suggest what jak has said, u need a new sound card - or try to get a USB headset/mic like i have :D i find that to be better and easier - i dont have speakers on this pc anymore, never plugged them in after i moved

[FallenMorgan]

I just plug in my headphones wrong and then when the game starts up, I unplug them. lol.

[jimbo29]

I have heard a lot of problems with sound cards and the drivers crashing the game.

Try here and see if it solves any of your problems.
http://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=FvePYoQi&p_lva=19317&p_li=&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=2.623&p_prods=1%2C623&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=1&prod_lvl2=623&p_search_text=&srch_btn_submit=%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Search%C2%A0%C2% A0%C2%A0&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=answers.search_nl

[Blackbird]

That's kind of odds, it's never happend to me before. Maybe you should check your sound card.

[FallenMorgan]

I'm not sure what the latest Sigmatel driver would be, too many search terms and stuff. Maybe someone can link me to it.