[gcgirl]

Gday all
For the first time i reformatted my old xp computer .

All went well except that now i have NO sound and the graphics on the monitor arent the best (ie liney).
There are just basic speakers but have checked they are plugged in correctly.

I am not sure what is missing but do have a belarc report which may shed some light perhaps?(heres hoping anyways)

Would really appreciate some advice and help to get it back to as it was.

Thanks as always for such marvelous help

*H* from australia

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Did you install all your sound card drivers?

[Kl0wN]

Did you install all your sound card drivers?

[gcgirl]

Gday..hmmm..thought this could be my problem..
but not sure where or how to do this rotfl..
would you please be able to assist ?
*H*

[Kl0wN]

What soundcard do you have?

[gcgirl]

how do i find that out KIOwN ?

[Kl0wN]

Go to My Computer -> Right click - Propierties -> Hardware Tab -> Device Manager

Says under sound, games, video, click the + to see

Edited by Kl0wN, 10 October 2006 - 06:13 PM.

[gcgirl]

Not sure which ones the sound card but
there is MPU-401 compatible midi device
realtek AC 97 audio (thought i had installed this ??)
am i on the right track ?

[Kl0wN]

yes, realtek is your soundcard developer, if you already have it installed, try reinstalling it.

http://www.softwarep...ities/ac97.html

^ Link to drivers.

Edited by Kl0wN, 10 October 2006 - 06:30 PM.

[gcgirl]

Thank you
I will give it a go to make sure and let you know how it goes.
Will it install itself in the right place or do i need to put the driver somewhere ?
*H*

[Kl0wN]

Yes, it will automatically set up everything for you.

[gcgirl]

Sadly not any success..crashed the puter a couple of times lol
then tried again and installed ok
However its not properly installed
it came with an error message 10 that it couldnt start it
*H*

[Kl0wN]

Hmm ok, try this. Press the windows key (Left from space bar/ALT), and press R. This should bring up the run dialog. Type in services.msc and find the service 'Windows Audio', and see if it is running.

[gcgirl]

Morning
It says its started so guess thats good ?

[Kl0wN]

Yeah, I'm not really sure what else it could be. Have you ever had problems with it in the past?

[gcgirl]

NO all was working really well until i reformatted lol
OK maybe i will redownload and try again.
thanks for your thoughts..maybe others may have some ideas too
*H*