Ran Scannow, now have no Sound, XP with SP3

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Doctor-D, Sep 21, 2008.

  1. Doctor-D

    Doctor-D Private E-2

    Ok here is my problem
    I was having a problem with the WMI service. I decided to run sfc /scannow to check and see if it could find a problem (big mistake). While sfc was running it asked for the Windows CD several times, no problem and then it finished. When I rebooted I got a Blue screen of Death about a problem with a device driver. I booted into Safe Mode and disabled the Video & Sound cards. I then rebooted and that took care of my boot problem. I reloaded the drivers for each and turned them back on and rebooted. I can now boot up with no problem. But now I do not have any sound. The Device Manager says the sound card is working OK but the Control Panel “Sounds & Audio Devices Properties” says “No Audio Device” I have tried several times reinstalling the Sound drivers but no luck. I checked the Windows Audio in the services window and it is running and set for Automatic. I made sure the sound scheme was set to Windows Default. I even bought a new sound card uninstalled the old drivers and installed the new ones and the same thing. I checked to make sure the audiosrv.dll & audiodev.dll were still in the System32 folder and they are.
    I then install the Motherboard drivers and guess what my WMI problem was corrected but still no sound.
    I feel sfc has either installed the wrong Dll file or removed one it should not have but I have no ideal what file it could be as I get no warning of missing files.
    I tried purging the Dllcache and rebuilding it, still no sound.
    I have a strong feeling the problem lies with a Register setting. When I go to “Sound & Audio Device Properties” and look under the Hardware tab I see my sound card. But yet everything is grayed out under the Audio tab.
    I ran DXDIAG, under the Sound tab it says no sound card found but if I go to the "More Help" tab and click on MSInfo then I/O or Componets\Sound Device, they both show the Sound Card as being OK
    Anyone have any new ideals I could try.
     

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