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My computer was purhcased in 2001, when I received it, I got it preinstalled
with Windows 98SE & that is the operating system that gets installed if I use
the system restore cd. However about 8 months back I did a full new
installation of Windows XP Home Edition on this computer. Initially the sound
was working fine. I didn't use the computer the entire summer. When i
switched it on after summer, there was no sound output. I changed my
speakers, checked the wires & everything. Then I thought maybe it's the
driver so I got into the Windows Update website & it showed that I have a
newer driver available & I decided maybe that would be the key to this but
nope after that I got a yellow exclamation mark next to "C-Media AC97 Audio
Device" in device manager. When I use the driver cd I received with my pc it
installs "Soundmax Integrated Digital Audio". Why is it different? Even after
installing the Soundmax drivers I am not getting any sound. I cannot do a
rollback of the driver & neither can I go back to a system restore point. In
Add/Remove Programs I have something called C-Media WDM Audio Driver, when I
try to uninstall it says it has been uninstalled but seems to say that every
single time I uninstall it, after the reboot it still exists & can be
uninstalled again & again. I tried disabling the onboard audio from the BIOS
& got the same result. What is going on? How can I get my sound back? Btw I
think there might be a lot of different drivers of C-Media AC97 & Soundamax
that were installed so, is it cause maybe they all are clashing or something.
How could I completely remove all the sound drivers & then install the driver
from the cd? I've tried uninstalling it from device manager & restarting the
computer & letting windows install it, no success in that. I have a Compaq PC
which I know has an ABIT BL30G motherboard, however I cannot get the drivers
from the Abit website because this is an OEM motherboard & the Compaq website
does not have any new drivers for this pc. What do I do?
with Windows 98SE & that is the operating system that gets installed if I use
the system restore cd. However about 8 months back I did a full new
installation of Windows XP Home Edition on this computer. Initially the sound
was working fine. I didn't use the computer the entire summer. When i
switched it on after summer, there was no sound output. I changed my
speakers, checked the wires & everything. Then I thought maybe it's the
driver so I got into the Windows Update website & it showed that I have a
newer driver available & I decided maybe that would be the key to this but
nope after that I got a yellow exclamation mark next to "C-Media AC97 Audio
Device" in device manager. When I use the driver cd I received with my pc it
installs "Soundmax Integrated Digital Audio". Why is it different? Even after
installing the Soundmax drivers I am not getting any sound. I cannot do a
rollback of the driver & neither can I go back to a system restore point. In
Add/Remove Programs I have something called C-Media WDM Audio Driver, when I
try to uninstall it says it has been uninstalled but seems to say that every
single time I uninstall it, after the reboot it still exists & can be
uninstalled again & again. I tried disabling the onboard audio from the BIOS
& got the same result. What is going on? How can I get my sound back? Btw I
think there might be a lot of different drivers of C-Media AC97 & Soundamax
that were installed so, is it cause maybe they all are clashing or something.
How could I completely remove all the sound drivers & then install the driver
from the cd? I've tried uninstalling it from device manager & restarting the
computer & letting windows install it, no success in that. I have a Compaq PC
which I know has an ABIT BL30G motherboard, however I cannot get the drivers
from the Abit website because this is an OEM motherboard & the Compaq website
does not have any new drivers for this pc. What do I do?