no sound ..help please

dbo · 04-07-2005, 03:36 PM

Ok, here is the story, Got a computer handed down to me, It had windows ME. Sound was working. I rebooted and installed XP and now i dont have sound. The error message i am getting is " no audio hardware is available or hardware is not reponding. How can i fix this problem? And just to mention, i am not that great with computers.

thanks for any help

lynx6200 · 04-07-2005, 03:42 PM

If you can, open up the computer case and make suer the sounds card is secure. Also check that you have a sound driver installed. Check this by right-clicking my computer, properties, hardware, device manager, and look for your sound card or sound device.

Trizoy · 04-13-2005, 09:04 PM

if no sound driver, or if it has an issue, let windows try to find a driver (works 20% of the time). If not go to the manufacturers website and get the drivers. If it integrated to mobo go to the mobo website, if it is a "complete" system like dell, emachine, compaq go to their website.

Hellbreather · 04-13-2005, 09:29 PM

Sometime the drivers become outdated on XP as some sound cards/graphics card etc. updates were not continued as better spec cards were being released this could also be your problem

04-07-2005, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
dbo New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3	no sound ..help please Ok, here is the story, Got a computer handed down to me, It had windows ME. Sound was working. I rebooted and installed XP and now i dont have sound. The error message i am getting is " no audio hardware is available or hardware is not reponding. How can i fix this problem? And just to mention, i am not that great with computers. thanks for any help

04-07-2005, 03:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
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Hellbreather Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 20 Posts: 736	Sometime the drivers become outdated on XP as some sound cards/graphics card etc. updates were not continued as better spec cards were being released this could also be your problem __________________ There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary code, and those who don't Windows XP Pro Setup Intel Pentium 4 Processor - 3.2Ghz With HT Technology, 1024MB DDR RAM, 200GB SATA HDD, 40GB SATA HDD, Sound Blaster Live! 24 BIT!, Radeon 9800 PRO 256MB, Gigabit Ethernet Card

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04-13-2005, 09:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	if no sound driver, or if it has an issue, let windows try to find a driver (works 20% of the time). If not go to the manufacturers website and get the drivers. If it integrated to mobo go to the mobo website, if it is a "complete" system like dell, emachine, compaq go to their website.