dell lost audio after restore ???

After I reinstalled win xp on a dell dimension 4400, all audio has been lost. Does any one have a clue ??

 

install the sound driver, thats what i did, if u got a cd for it use that, otherwise d/l it from the manufactuars website, do u have a seperate sound card or do u have onboard sound? if its onboard find out who makes your motherboard and go to their site

 

That is what I have been doing but it all ways give me an error

 

ok, if u have a sound card what kind is it? and if its onboard whats your motherboard? maybe your d/ling the wrong one, if u let us know maybe we can help u find out which one your supposed d/ling and if its the right one maybe we can help you figure out what is wrong, could be something totally weird

 

Ok, During the restore windows said it could not install certain files. So I skipped them. They must be the audio controller files. I dont know why it couldn't install all of the files. This machine had a very bad virus, that is why i did a re-install. Do you think the bios could be corrupted.

There is on-board audio, but i am trying to install a pci audio card (c-media) and i have the installation cd

 

hhmm, which OS is it? XP?

if you havn't put anything back on the computer you could reformat the drive a few times, sometimes formatting doesn't seem to always get rid of everything, so if you can reformat 2 or 3 times, dont do quick format do full format, then install the OS again, ive seen that error before and that all i did and the files installed just fine

 

ok. Yes it is xp, and i have installed twice. Do you think i should short the cmos jumper ??

 

Does any one have any suggestions ??

 

im not sure, but u thought the bios could be corrupt, u could reset the bios, do u know how to do that? you could do that then reformat and reinstall XP and try that, im really not too sure what it could be, but if u do it right it can't hurt

 

Thanx, yeah I am thinking that the bios has to be corrupt. Other than that , this does not make sense !!! Even after the restore and the formatting, This p4 1.8 ghz machine takes a very long time to boot up. Once it has booted up every thing is fine and runs at the speed it should. But the boot process is very long. So that only leads me to the Bios and or memory.

May be i am wrong, that is why I am on this board, so i can get suggestions !! Thanx for your help !!!

 

ya, no problem there are a lot more people that are more qualified on these forums that can probably help a lot more, but id say try those things and check back in after and maybe someone else will have some ideas


oh ya, i just noticed this is your first topic, welcome to Major Geeks, enjoy the forums and all the great dls they have here, lots for free, good luck and good night

 

OK Thanx alot JJJ. I appreciate your help !!! U have a good nite also !!!

ACE