Now you hear it, now you don't...

seounghoun · 07-28-2005, 01:05 PM

Yesterday, my computer was perfect... The monitor was working, and the speakers were working...

But when I restarted my computer, the screen blacked out after booting up, so I reinstalled windows, and everything works again... apart from the speakers...

I get a message like this from winamp"Bad DirectSound driver. Please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration. Error code:88780078"

from Real player.
"The audio for this file cannot be played"

Volume control doesnt even show the speaker volumes, it only shows one bar... called "Capture" (probably for mic)

When I go to control panel, sounds and audio, on the audio tab, it says "No audio device installed" (my speakers are all connected)

Please help... What shoudl i do?

Hairy_Lee · 07-28-2005, 01:09 PM

you need to reinstall your sound drivers

randruff · 07-28-2005, 03:34 PM

Hairy is right, you need to reinstall drivers. To make sure that is the case, go into device manager and you should see an exclamation point under sounds, etc. If you do, you know its your lack of drivers.

**dragon2309** · 07-28-2005, 06:52 PM

Not necessarily, drivers can be corrupt and not function but still be installed. The system would still report the device as running stable but its not actually functioning at all. Device manager is only good for seeing if a driver is actaull not there, not if its corrupt or domadged.

seounghoun · 07-29-2005, 12:21 PM

i've installed drivers but it still says that there isnt a sound system detected... help..

elmarcorulz · 07-29-2005, 12:23 PM

check to make sure the sound card hasnt come out. oh btw, is it onboard sound is did you buy a sound car to slot in the pci slot. and do you know what sound card you have?

**dragon2309** · 07-29-2005, 03:31 PM

yeh, any makes or model numbers would be helpful. Whats your FULL system specs. mobo etc...

07-28-2005, 01:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
seounghoun New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2	Now you hear it, now you don't... Yesterday, my computer was perfect... The monitor was working, and the speakers were working... But when I restarted my computer, the screen blacked out after booting up, so I reinstalled windows, and everything works again... apart from the speakers... I get a message like this from winamp"Bad DirectSound driver. Please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration. Error code:88780078" from Real player. "The audio for this file cannot be played" Volume control doesnt even show the speaker volumes, it only shows one bar... called "Capture" (probably for mic) When I go to control panel, sounds and audio, on the audio tab, it says "No audio device installed" (my speakers are all connected) Please help... What shoudl i do?

07-28-2005, 01:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	you need to reinstall your sound drivers __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

07-28-2005, 06:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,342	Not necessarily, drivers can be corrupt and not function but still be installed. The system would still report the device as running stable but its not actually functioning at all. Device manager is only good for seeing if a driver is actaull not there, not if its corrupt or domadged. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-29-2005, 12:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,033	check to make sure the sound card hasnt come out. oh btw, is it onboard sound is did you buy a sound car to slot in the pci slot. and do you know what sound card you have? __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

07-29-2005, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,342	yeh, any makes or model numbers would be helpful. Whats your FULL system specs. mobo etc... __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-28-2005, 03:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 26 Posts: 742	Hairy is right, you need to reinstall drivers. To make sure that is the case, go into device manager and you should see an exclamation point under sounds, etc. If you do, you know its your lack of drivers.

07-29-2005, 12:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
seounghoun New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2	i've installed drivers but it still says that there isnt a sound system detected... help..

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