No sound

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the driver was installed from the installation cd... thanks for the input..
hugs Rainy
Hi,all.
Check out motherboard installation CD most all drivers needed are there ,
including Sound Max.
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Rainy said:
thanks.. I appreciate all your information... will look for a sound card
for the usb port.. which means to me I wouldn't need to have a slot.. but
would connect it to the usb port on the outside of my computer... I hope..
lol thanks again.. rainy
message Hello,

Windows has no way of knowing if the port is damaged.

Think of it this way - if your casing is scratched, Windows has no way of
knowing that either. That is what *might* be happening with your port

Also, you don't have to replace your motherboard - you can add-on a PCI
sound card (or a USB one, more expensive).

Note that I stress on the word *might*, as I am not entirely sure that it
is
the port that it is causing the problem - you may want to search around or
ask in other forums for more opinions.

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hi.. hoping to get a bit more help with this problem. so far still no sound
except for, and this is new.. it's a system sound, a little beep, when I
upload or anything that requires a closing or finishing sound.. :) I have
installed the latest motherboard driver as my sound is onboard.. and that
didn't work... so I have completely uninstalled it.. that is when I started
hearing the "little beep" of course I appreciate any help... :) thanks
Rainy ps. if I don't have a sound card enabled or a driver installed, where
is this coming from?

Windows XP home
SP2

Hi,

I have no sound... no system sounds, and nothing plays on media player... I
would appreciate help on this... been trying to resolve this for days now...
and have tried many different things to solve this problem on my own...from
the very obvious to not so obvious (to me anyway)..

Volume is not muted and everything is either half way up or all the way up

In Sounds and Audio devices in control panel.. my sound card is selected.

No conflicts or errors listed in device manager
My driver is listed (properties says it's working properly)
no other drivers are listed!

One website said it might be a corrupted OS.. so I repaired it.. still no
sound

Took the speakers to my friends house and connected them to her speaker,
they work fine.. and yes they are connected to the right plug on the back of
my computer.. it's all color coded.. so I know which hole to plug it
into..:)

It was suggested I see if my sound card is enabled in bios but don't know
how to do this.. I can get to bios but..

Appreciate any help I receive... thanks Rainy.

Ps.. my friend and I think it might be a bad port.. is there a way to test
the port online?
 
oh well ok.. a friend just brought me a new sound card, not that great.. but
it's probably going to work.. (and I do appreciate it) I will post what
happens when my friend gets a chance to install it.. thanks for the speedy
response.. thanks Rainy
message Hello,

It is coming from a built-in speaker in your casing. Windows defaults to
using that if it can't find an audio device.

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Finally my friend had an older sound card and my other friend installed
it...(I have sound, yeah! ) but don't have the driver for it.. this
afternoon I searched for it.. ended up filling out forms to supposedly get
the driver.. and all they were doing was marketing me.. )
www.driverguide.com I have one exclamation in device manager.. Multimedia
Audio Controller so I'm assuming that is because there is no driver.. :)

here's the information that Aida32 found:
Creative SB PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1371) Sound Card PCI
VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller PCI

I'm really having a time trying to find it... I have been to Creative... and
it doesn't appear that any of the numbers match up to any of the sound card
drivers that are provided.. any help would be appreciate..

BTW.. I uninstalled the driver for the sound card that was inboard and
reinstalled it. It just refused to work no matter what I did.. Then
uninstalled it while I was waiting for the new sound card..

thanks Rainy

message Hello,

This may be too late - but one of our users had this problem and we fixed it
by uninstalling the driver from Device Manager and automatically
reinstalling it back after reboot.

If it fails to find the driver, download the latest one from your
manufacturer and install it.

Let me know if it helps.

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I just tried that but it couldn't find a driver from windows update.. I
guess I will just wait to get another motherboard... with onboard sound..
hopefully I will find a place that sells them inexpensively...

My friend does not have the cd that came with it.. he fixes computers and
and picks up computers from garage sales.. most of which don't come with
cd's. Thanks for your help. you sure have been reliable to respond.. Rainy

message Hello,

Have you tried searching windows update for it? When it asks you for the
driver, select to search Windows Update. Access Device Manager, right-click
the device and click Update.

Otherwise you may have to ask your friend for the CD Driver or search the
Internet for one as it looks pretty old.

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