No sound

Ok hold your hat this is a long tough one! I recently had issue's with a sp3 update, so I reloaded windows xp. Then I changed the body on my computer, which entailed removing the motherboard, cd-rom, a: etc.. I have got every thing running but I have no sound! I have used driver detective to get all the updates for drivers. I have uninstalled/reinstalled the sound card ( although the computer did not acknowledge new hardware when rebooted) I have checked all volume controls, I went into performance area to make sure the windows audio was on. Plus much more I am probably forgot to mention! It bothers me that it did not acknowledge the reinstall of the sound card but what do I know Any suggestions?

 

Sorry about placing this in the wrong thread, but I did suspect it might be a software problem. Any how, I have no yellow marks in device manager. As for the main driver for the motherboard I am not sure where to locate it, or recall now if I did locate it and installed it. I will try to find that out. I did check in services that windows audio was on, my mistake was saying I checked in performances. I also attached the everest report.

I have an A-open computer, running windows xp

 

Can someone at least direct me to where I could get the driver for motherboard? I have google this to death and ready to throw the computer in the garbage and hunt bill gates down to torture him the way he has tortured me!

 

Ok, I downloaded all of the links, installed them. Then rebooted. When I rebooted, I went to control panel, sound devices (or where you check settings) I was informed I had no sound devices ( they were there before install). No problem, I uninstalled sound devices, then rebooted. PC detected new sound card, proceeded to check all volumes, adjusted volume settings to high. Unchecked all that were muted, checked to make sure all devices were enabled, went to services to make sure windows audio were set on automatic. Every thing fine and dandy! Except no sound. I am lost and lonely! Must torture bill gates! Any suggestions?

 

Now I have been thinking about this problem, when I download all this stuff, unzip it, it goes into a temp file. Does this actually load to where I need it? Or do I have to update the hardware by selecting this driver? If I have to update the hardware by selecting the driver, how do I know which one is which? Is there a step by step method to doing this? I have noticed that when you update the hardware you have to select the specific file! Any ideas? And should I remove the first attempt or just copy over them? Thanks for all your help Halo!

 

Ok! I believe I have installed all the drivers correctly. The chipset I believe you just click on to install, the audio driver I installed in ac'97 audio controller and the motherboard driver I just had to click on also. Is this correct? If it is, I still have no sound! If it is not correct, please inform me as to what I am doing wrong. After all the installs I did check that Windows Audio Service is set to Started and Automatic, checked all sound levels, made sure all devices are enabled and checked to make sure there are no yellow markers by devices. I am lost. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

 

Well I tried that and it did not work either. Although I must tell you I did us the U.S. version, maybe I should try the taiwan version? I think maybe tomorrow I will un-install the sound card, remove all the drivers and start from scratch again just incase! It also bothers me that sound max has not shown up! Once again though I have to thank you for your effort! I know your trying, I just wonder what I am doing wrong lol!

 

Well I did one better than uninstall, a friend of mine gave me a 80 g hard drive, so I formatted it, installed windows xp sp2. Then I proceeded to get all updates, checked all audio was on running etc. Every think okey dokey no yellow any where, went to WMD_A406, come to find out it is not compatible with windows! Hmm I never seen that before, must have happened when I went for smoke. So I am at a loss as to what to do now!

 

Well off to the garbage heap with this p.o.c.! I have done every thing in the world! Spent 2 weeks of my life trying to fix the sound! No luck no how! Does not deserve a minute more of anyone's time! It will not even allow me to update the drivers! Microsoft suck die bill gates! Thanks for all your effort I am of too buy a mac!

 

I don't think the problems are Bill Gates fault, or have anything to do with Windows. The motherboard is at least 7 years old, is more-or-less obsolete, and there's a good chance that it has started to fail at the board level. You could always buy a cheap used sound card at the local used PC shop and pop it in, and it should set you back no more than $10 or $15. On the other hand, you can get a modern motherboard that still uses the socket 478 CPU for about $55 (link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138079), and it uses DDR2 memory which is really inexpensive, about $15 or $20 for 1gb, or a 2gb kit for under $30 (link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141211). So, for under $100 you could get some newer gear and still use the older CPU, but all new gear (including a new CPU) isn't a bad idea either. The dual core and triple core AMD chips (like the 550 and 710/720) are inexpensive and have amazing power for the price, and they can be overclocked something fierce!

 

Well I installed a new motherboard and every thing is fine with the world! I still say its Bill Gates fault! Thank you for all your help Halo! Greatly appreciated, nice to see there are good people still out there, even if they are in here lol! Thanks for your time and patience!

 

I believe the mother board just expired under all the stress I put it under lol! Again thanks for the great support, I did use all the info to load the drivers in the new install! So all was not lost just my patience for microsoft lol!