Hi,
I have had to have my hard disc wiped and reinstalled. I now have no sound, have looked at the devise managment area and all sound devises it says are working correctly. But wheb I check the audio dece it d#says no audio device fitted and all areas regarding speaker settings and mic settings are greyed out. On connecting my speeker cable to the computer I get a crakle from the speakers. It seems to me that the sound card is not being recognised (but realy haven't got a clue) does anyone know how I can get the sound to work. I have no speaker icon on the task bar. I am unable to find the normal sound settings whereby you can set the balance etc.
I did not have any discs for the sound card with the computer when I bought it.
Many thanks
tony
This thread has gone nuts, due to a long breath 19,000 post noob. If you have reinstalled your OS, I dont care if you have Windows 2000/XP or Vista you need to update all your drivers.
If this is a OEM as in a Dell/Sony and so on give us the Make and Model. If not Install the program bigfella gave you a link to or even this one, the free one, both are good tools. Give us all the info on your computer.
http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_3264&langx=en&a=
Chances are all you need to do is update all your drivers including the sound. Please ignore the 19,000 post noob or you will get run around till your knuckles bleed.