sound completely dead

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when I go to the sounds and audio devices window their
are no sound devices installed at all. nothing. my HD
crashed a few weeks ago and the guy was supposed to
restore everything but the sound is wasted
 
when I go to the sounds and audio devices window their
are no sound devices installed at all. nothing. my HD
crashed a few weeks ago and the guy was supposed to
restore everything but the sound is wasted
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Does device manager show a sound card at all? If yes, install the drivers
for it. If no, the sound card may be damaged and needs replacing. Have you
asked the guy that restored everything if he noticed any lack of sound when
repairing the system?
 
there is "sound, video, and game controllers" under which
are some codecs and drivers

under "system devices" there is system board, system
speaker, etc...

under "other devices" there is "multimedia audio
controller"

But I have not found anything that said "sound card."
 
there is "sound, video, and game controllers" under which
are some codecs and drivers

under "system devices" there is system board, system
speaker, etc...

under "other devices" there is "multimedia audio
controller"

But I have not found anything that said "sound card."
 
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under "other devices" there is "multimedia audio
controller"
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Which means you will to need to install the audio drivers for the soundcard
or integrated audio hardware. The drivers will be on one of your CDs.

Tony.
 
I didn't get any CD's with my computer

It was all on some sort of "restore" drive which is not
there now

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under "other devices" there is "multimedia audio
controller"
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Which means you will to need to install the audio drivers for the soundcard
or integrated audio hardware. The drivers will be on one of your CDs.

Tony.


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Greetings --

Have you reinstalled the sound drivers?

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I didn't get any CD's with my computer

It was all on some sort of "restore" drive which is not
there now
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"Multimedia audio controller" designates that the sound is handled by a
chip resident on the motherboard vs a dedicated sound card.

If the computer manufacturer did not supply you with a drivers disk or
there is no driver folder on your recovery cd, check their website for
available drivers that can be downloaded. If no luck, you'll need to
contact their tech support for the drivers.
 
Hi, Sharon.
"Multimedia audio controller" designates that the sound is handled by a
chip resident on the motherboard vs a dedicated sound card.
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And in that case, the OP may just need to be sure that the sound is turned
on in the computer's BIOS.

RC
 
pylandj said:
I didn't get any CD's with my computer

It was all on some sort of "restore" drive which is not there now
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Yeesh... I've never come across that one before. Can you provide the brand
and exact model of your PC?

Tony.
 
And in that case, the OP may just need to be sure that the sound is turned
on in the computer's BIOS.
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Very true, RC. While "enabled" tends to be the default setting on most
boards, it's definitely worth checking out.
 
It is an HP
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not there now

Yeesh... I've never come across that one before. Can you provide the brand
and exact model of your PC?

Tony.


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When I go to the device manager and look under "sound
video and game controllers" there is a whole list of
tings like ATI TV Wonder Audio Capture" and Audio codec
etc.

When I right click on properties for these things they
say "the device is functioning properly" which is BS they
are not working at all. There is no sound.

When I go to control panel and click on sounds and audio
devices under volume it says that their is "no audio
device." Under audio it says "default device" no playback
device

"Sound Recording"-no recording device
"MIDI music playback" - no midi playback device
Under the voice tab, for "voice playback" -no playback
device

under voice recording-no recording devices

So somehow the device manager thinks there is sound but
their is obviously not.
 
When I go to the device manager and look under "sound
video and game controllers" there is a whole list of
tings like ATI TV Wonder Audio Capture" and Audio codec
etc.

When I right click on properties for these things they
say "the device is functioning properly" which is BS they
are not working at all. There is no sound.

When I go to control panel and click on sounds and audio
devices under volume it says that their is "no audio
device." Under audio it says "default device" no playback
device

"Sound Recording"-no recording device
"MIDI music playback" - no midi playback device
Under the voice tab, for "voice playback" -no playback
device

under voice recording-no recording devices

So somehow the device manager thinks there is sound but
their is obviously not.
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Codec is short for CO-mpression/DEC-ompression. Multimedia files are
compressed (and encoded). When played, they are decompressed in memory.
There are various types of compression for the various types of multimedia
- video, sound, movies and so on. So all of those "Codec" items are
software based that are installed on your system. They are ready and
waiting ("working" in Device Manager terms) for some audio hardware to use.

Your main audio device is your onboard chip - the one you mentioned having
before. You need drivers installed for this - check with HP for those
drivers if you do not have them on any of the CDs or disks that came with
your computer. I've had HPs in the past and looking up the model on the
tech support pages of their site, should hook you up to any drivers they
have available for downloading. If those available do not include sound,
you'll want to talk to HP tech support for directions on getting the needed
drivers off of your HP system disks.

You also have audio features on the TV card. These would come into play
only when using features from that card. There might be a connector that
needs to go from that card to the motherboard to "hook up" with that
builtin sound chip. Or the TV card may handle sound digitally. Any drivers
for this card would be separate from those needed for the builtin chip.
 
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