No Sound

AccyJay · 30-08-2006, 16:40

Can anybody help me please (this may get a little long winded, so i apologize in advance). I recently got a virus on my pc, so had to format the hard drive. After re-installing my copy of XP home & my broadband stuff, i somehow ended up with the same virus, so i formatted & re-installed everything again . The same thing happened again (this happened 5 times), so i installed a copy of XP Professional & this time Zone Alarm & AVG instead of the "Talktalk" security that i had on before. Everything is now runnig smoothly except for my XP is un-registered (which i can sort out), & i have no sound whatsoever. Has anybody got any idea's as to why my sound doesn't work? I've connected earphones to the back of my pc, & still nothing so i know it's not a speaker problem. I don't know whether i have "on-board" sound, or a separate sound card. I try not to go inside my pc for obvious reasons.

entwisi · 30-08-2006, 19:01

You probably need to install the drivers for teh sound card. Windows doesn't identify a lot of sound cards automatically.

AccyJay · 30-08-2006, 23:20

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Originally Posted by entwisi

You probably need to install the drivers for teh sound card. Windows doesn't identify a lot of sound cards automatically.

will the sound card be visable in the devive manager menu?

chav1 · 31-08-2006, 03:59

do a google search for " everest home edition download "

install the home edition as it is free

this will list all your items so yo can then google to find teh drivers

next time you format delete all partitions in teh setup process then format

entwisi · 31-08-2006, 06:18

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Originally Posted by AccyJay

will the sound card be visable in the devive manager menu?

It won't appear if the drivers aren't installed, you may have something with a yellow exclamation mark against it instead.

entwisi · 31-08-2006, 06:19

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Originally Posted by chav1

next time you format delete all partitions in teh setup process then format

Err, care to give any rational of deleting the partitions? I wouldn't if I was happy with the size/layout of them.

AccyJay · 31-08-2006, 10:00

I was hoping to fix the problem without formating again. I checked the devise manager, the only thing an exclamation mark next to it is my 56k modem. When formating what size partition is recommended & does it matter if its "fat32" or "ntsc"?

entwisi · 31-08-2006, 11:25

There is no reason to reformat or even to reinstall, its just a config issue.

Do you know what sound card you have? Try installing teh drivers anyway, I've seen windows suddenly remember that it has a sound card when prompted by the drivers.

You didn't mention if the sound card is listed or not in device manager? You have checked that teh mixer isn't muted I hope?

AccyJay · 31-08-2006, 12:50

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Originally Posted by entwisi

You didn't mention if the sound card is listed or not in device manager? You have checked that teh mixer isn't muted I hope?

I haven't got a clue.

entwisi · 31-08-2006, 13:00

The soundcard is there (Creative SB Live Value (WDM)) plus teh gameport etc.

Open teh sound mixer and make sure that all teh sliders are up and that none of teh mute boxes are ticked.

entwisi · 31-08-2006, 13:04

Actually just noticed, You seem to have two sound cards there, the SIS one as well, try plugging into the other soundcard ouputs(teh SIS oen is probably an onboard soundcard)

AccyJay · 31-08-2006, 14:36

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Originally Posted by entwisi

Actually just noticed, You seem to have two sound cards there, the SIS one as well, try plugging into the other soundcard ouputs(teh SIS oen is probably an onboard soundcard)

Still nothing, everything is showing as enabled & working correctly. All sliders are at the top & nothing is muted. ????????

entwisi · 31-08-2006, 14:44

What about where yuor speakers are plugged into? have you swapped them over to the onboard card or vice versa?

AccyJay · 31-08-2006, 14:58

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Originally Posted by entwisi

What about where yuor speakers are plugged into? have you swapped them over to the onboard card or vice versa?

Still nothing. Even tried plugging headphones into the ports.

AccyJay · 04-09-2006, 14:25

Just tried disabling both sound cards (1 at a time obviously) to see if that worked. Still nothing. This is sooooooooooooooo annoying.