sound card help please!

Shorty1303 · 06-14-2005, 05:24 PM

ok so the first 2 or 3 times i tried to play a CD in my computer it worked grand. but now my computers telling me that i dont have a sound card, even though i must have. and its saying stuff about the sound device. any ideas on how to fix this??

LittleHoov · 06-14-2005, 05:30 PM

do you have onboard sound or a sound card? have you tried reinstalling the drivers for whatever you have? have you tried going into your sounds and audio devices settings in the control panel and making sure all the volume controls are set properly? did you recently reinstall windows or something?

Shorty1303 · 06-14-2005, 05:33 PM

i have a sound card. i tried reinstalling. i set the volumes right and i didnt recently install windows!

LittleHoov · 06-14-2005, 05:37 PM

so it just randomly quit working? thats odd...have you made sure the card is seated in the slot properly? maybe take it out and put it back in, your sound card might possibly be dead too...

Shorty1303 · 06-14-2005, 07:04 PM

yeh but i just got this computer! its really annoying me...it just stopped working.....so damn ridiculous!

nexgentec.com · 06-14-2005, 08:55 PM

Check the device manager to make sure the drivers are properly installed, also make sure you plugged the speakers into the proper plug. Double check you volume levels also. If it does not help the card may be bad.

pcmagic · 06-14-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nexgentec.com

Check the device manager to make sure the drivers are properly installed, also make sure you plugged the speakers into the proper plug. Double check you volume levels also. If it does not help the card may be bad.

yep agree with that

backseatgunner · 06-18-2005, 08:13 AM

Try setting the card in a different port. It's possible your PCI port could have committed suicide.

[-0MEGA-] · 06-19-2005, 09:15 PM

I know my sound card didnt work, then i switched PCI slots and it worked (Although that was because it was interfering with the old sound card drivers). So try switching the ports.

06-14-2005, 05:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shorty1303 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Greystones, Ireland. Age: 19 Posts: 3	sound card help please! ok so the first 2 or 3 times i tried to play a CD in my computer it worked grand. but now my computers telling me that i dont have a sound card, even though i must have. and its saying stuff about the sound device. any ideas on how to fix this??

06-14-2005, 05:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
LittleHoov Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Climax Springs, Missouri Age: 20 Posts: 295	do you have onboard sound or a sound card? have you tried reinstalling the drivers for whatever you have? have you tried going into your sounds and audio devices settings in the control panel and making sure all the volume controls are set properly? did you recently reinstall windows or something? __________________ ZTSystems Notebook Intel Core Duo 2 TS5450 1.66ghz 3GB DDR2 RAM 250GB Hard Drive Nvidia 8600M GT OCed at 600/430 plus a host of other goodies.

06-14-2005, 05:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
LittleHoov Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Climax Springs, Missouri Age: 20 Posts: 295	so it just randomly quit working? thats odd...have you made sure the card is seated in the slot properly? maybe take it out and put it back in, your sound card might possibly be dead too... __________________ ZTSystems Notebook Intel Core Duo 2 TS5450 1.66ghz 3GB DDR2 RAM 250GB Hard Drive Nvidia 8600M GT OCed at 600/430 plus a host of other goodies.

06-14-2005, 08:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
nexgentec.com New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 24	I would... Check the device manager to make sure the drivers are properly installed, also make sure you plugged the speakers into the proper plug. Double check you volume levels also. If it does not help the card may be bad. __________________ Marcel Manning Nexgen Technologies Enabling Open Source Solutions http://www.nexgentec.com AMD Technology Partner Intel Channel Member and Authorized Reseller Linksys Authorized Reseller Norman Data Defense Partner Linux and Windows Solution Provider

06-18-2005, 08:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
backseatgunner Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mesa Arizona. Except right now I'm in a small town in Maine. Oh yeah, the girls here are hot!!!!!!!! Age: 19 Posts: 185	Try setting the card in a different port. It's possible your PCI port could have committed suicide. __________________ Victims of Saddam's Regime: - 8,000 Kurdish citizens of the Barzani tribe rounded up and executed - 182,000 executed in the Anfal campaign. Many of their wives and children have been similarly found in mass graves. - 5,000 people killed by VX gas, sarin and tabun chemical agents. These attacks caused thousands of birth defects as well. The War in Iraq Fighting for liberty and justice for all

06-14-2005, 05:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shorty1303 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Greystones, Ireland. Age: 19 Posts: 3	i have a sound card. i tried reinstalling. i set the volumes right and i didnt recently install windows!

06-14-2005, 07:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Shorty1303 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Greystones, Ireland. Age: 19 Posts: 3	yeh but i just got this computer! its really annoying me...it just stopped working.....so damn ridiculous!

06-19-2005, 09:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,057	I know my sound card didnt work, then i switched PCI slots and it worked (Although that was because it was interfering with the old sound card drivers). So try switching the ports. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

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