no sound

Hi everyone,my first posting and i need help.I aquired an old Dell pentium 4 Dimension minus the HHD.I picked up a WD Hd which had a os winXP service pack 3 pro on it.The dell has a Sound Blaster board installed which as far as i know is working but no sound not even win shutdown sounds.I removed the board reinstalled it the comp. detects the new hardware and i have loaded and unloaded drivers,went to Dell site downloaded their driver you name it and i think i tried but to no avail that is why i am here for your help.I ran dxdiag system check everything shows okay the hardware and drivers and there are no yellow checks indevice manager window I have had comp. over the years but when it comes to something like this i am lost therefore i would reaaly appreciate any help or suggestion, maybe i missed something. Thanks for your help

 

Hi my friend welcome to MG's :major , go to Start - Run services.msc - Ok searching for Windows audio even Windows audio endpoint Builder to be Started and Automatic like the picture below !!

 

Welcome to the forum fordcrewcab.

Not knowing your level of expertise, I need to ask a few questions.

Are you sure the drivers you are installing are the correct drivers for the sound card? Many Dell computers have onboard sound.

Does the computer also have onboard audio?

Is there power to the speakers?

Are the speakers known to be good?

Is the sound muted in Windows?

Is the volume turned up both in Windows and on the speakers?

 

Try going to Control Panel>Sounds and Audio Devices and go through all the tabs there to make sure everything looks as it should...it may be something simple

 

Thanks for all the replies,the speakers are okay as they worked okay on my Hp comp.I do not believe it has on board sound as the only speaker outlets are on the SB board.Just to make sure i had the right drivers i went to the Dell site and downloaded the driver matching the number on the board.I know it has to be something simple the problem is finding it.In Control panel sound icon window says no audio. The sound is not muted and the speakers are turned on i even tried different speakers though i knew these were okay. will try services.msc,seems i checked before and it is set on automatic if it is the loction i checked before,as far as my experiece goes i do not know much about the software language.

 

sorry i forgot to mention it is a Dell 8200 dimension version 2002 Pentium 4 256 ram.I have tried all the above.In control panel-sounds says no audio,nothing seems to have worked far, i am just wondering if the Sound Blaster board is working though in doing a system check everything normal, if you can believe that. Also did Run services.msc audio in on automatic,Is there a way to check if the board is working?

 

I just reinstalled the SB card again and it came up saying that File sfman32dll on creative WDM Audio driver Disk is needed. I put in the SB instalation disk for Sound Blaster live Value digital 1024 software for Win 98se win Me win 2000 and winxp NOW i am running win Xp service pack 3 PRO could that give me my problems? just a guess.

 

I guess the message with Dell did not go It is a Dell 8200 dimesion 2002 version and i have a used WD HD in it with win xp service pack 3 Pro,256 md ram.Now this version that was on this WD hardrive in not validated which does not matter to me ,all i want is my sound

 

This is really helpful tips identifying your machine's model !! :wave

 

service tag number is ct6bd11, I do have the Sound blaster instal disk which i have done Model # of board is ct 4780 which driver i have downloaded from Creative.SB disk has the following info on it. Sound Blaster Live Value Digital 1025 version 5.12.01.3511

 

Just an addon person who owned the computer said SB card was working when he had it

 

Thanks i will try that,another thing is when the cd is playing it does show a sound bar level but no sound on speakers,whether this means anything or not

 

Hey plodr,did as you suggested,downloaded the driver and i thought thistime i will make it.I opened up ,it was installing everything going great then to the end this window opens up and ask for sfman.32dll file on creative wdm audio driver disk where do i find that as i have no driver disk. thanks for your help.

 

Hi when checking device manager found Multimedia audio controller had a yellow check behind could not update so rolled it back which worked.Still no sound , buying a 3lb hammer tomorrow, been at this for a month now.

 

Hi plodr,will look into that,since my copy of win Xp Pro is not certified i guess i will try to do a clean reinstall, get rid of win xp pro and reinstall the winXP home edition and reinstall all the drivers maybe that will cure it. I do have most of the disk for Win xp home edition including the SB install disk but plan on doing a backup on usb.Will this be a hard thing to do,and what is your opinion on this.Will try that website and see if i qualify for that hotfix,will let you know.

 

Hi Plodr,after reading that fix it is alittle beyond my brain i will see if i can find a link to that to click on. Thanks

 

Hi everyone, i want to thank plodr for putting up with me and the help he gave me. The sound problem has been resolved and if nobody had a laugh this weekend here is one for you,My sound problem was the result of me not plugging in the speakers power cord.I down loaded realteck media player ,still no sound could not figure it out, then on closer examination on the back of one speaker was power in put .when moving speakers from one location to another the adaptor cord had fell behind my desk and what i thought was a earphone outlet was power input. DUh, the good side is i now have sound using Realteck audio player.Using the Jellbean key finder found my information so now will try to find out why i can not get my win xp validated. Thanks everyone. Tom