weird sound problems

[stringcheeseincident]

i usually run firebird/aim/winamp and some other programs on my computer. every once in a while i close them all and open bf1942, but i get no sound. i can close bf1942 and try winamp, and winamp works. if i restart and play bf1942 right after its restarted, it plays fine. then once i close that and try to open it again, the sound doesn't work. i try to open the santa cruz control panel and it says that it can't detect the card. however, winamp still plays. does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[D3v1an7]

So far, what have you tried to fix it?

Right off the top of my head, I would say update your drivers.