[mitchbade]

Help! I'm sure some of you seen this before, but i just reformatted xp and of course when the new one was installed there is no audio device! ive read a lot about this problem on the net but i cant seem to grab ahold of it. any help is apprieciated. thanks.

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You need to install the software for the soundcard

Do you know if it is onboard or a seperate soundcard, also the make and model

[Retired Tech]

You need to install the software for the soundcard

Do you know if it is onboard or a seperate soundcard, also the make and model

[mitchbade]

my best guess is that onboard and i think legacy is the make but since its not installed i dont know what the model is

[Retired Tech]

Click start, right click my computer, click properties, hardware, device manager, click the + for sound video and game controllers to see if anything other than legacy audio drivers is listed

Did you get a motherboard CD, onboard sound drivers should be on that

[mitchbade]

yeah ive been cruising through the the device manager and all i saw that related to the sound card was the legacy audio driver so i assumed that the make is legacy on the sound card , and since its not installed i cant see the what the make and model is, this is the problem though its my friends computer that im trying to fix so i know little to none about his hardware, im trying my best

[Retired Tech]

Everest Home may tell you, click + next to computer then summary

http://www.filehippo...d_everest_home/

[mitchbade]

awsome ok the sound card is a via AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller and the motherboard is a FIC AM35 and if this helps the chipset is via vt8375 ProSavage DDR km266, i think were getting somewhere

[Retired Tech]

http://www.fic.com.t...load/ficmb.aspx

From here

http://www.fic.com.t...spx?model_id=44

Click download drivers, audio, via zip

[mitchbade]

wow. thank you so much keith, is your donation pretty easy and secure becuase you guys definetly deserve something for all the work you do!

[Retired Tech]

I don't have the option

Thank You for letting me know it is OK now