speakers wont work

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:17 am

hey guy i hope u can help me out my old computer (the family computer)
got a virus and so we had to restart from the windows disk now the speakers wont work when hocked up to the computer its not the speakers ive tested them on my computer and they work fine ... any ideas on what im missing maybe a sound component tell me where to look and ill try and find it

thanks , shadow

Secretary of Defense Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 2379

sound drivers may have not been installed when windows was reinstalled? or the onboard soundcard coudl ahve broken sometime in between the re-installation. only two things i can think of. go into control panel>sound and audio>sound and audio devices, run some tests, makes sure all the input.output areas are set correctly.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:37 am

thanks so when i went there it said no audio device under sound
under auido it says no playback device no recording device ect.
then uder hardware i have a list like audio codecs lengacy audio drivers and that kinda stuff Confused

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:22 pm

Um go to controll panel under speach audio and recording devises go to speakers check there and if you have a spectial keybourd that makes the volume mut press the button or something or find the disk if there is one to the speakers and reinstall them if necessary to do so.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:15 pm

Right.. Shadow_Ace.. Do you know if it's a seperate Soundcard that's in the Pc ? Or if it's an Onboard ?

You could try and go into BIOS when rebooting.. You usually do this by pressing DEL once, when the System Boot Screen appears..

In the BIOS you should be able to find something like "Onboard Devices" Or Manage "Onboard Devices" is there a sound option here ? Also, if there is, which one ? If it's a newer Pc, it'll probably say MAXAudio AC97 or something.. If there is, Change it from "Disabled" to "Enabled" and reboot + safe settings. Then windows should be telling you about new hardware..

The reason to why there's nothing in device manager is that you haven't installed any drivers..

And if there is no "New Hardware Found" popping up, before you did the BIOS thing, chances are that we're talking about an On-Board Soundcard.. But get back to here once you've found out..

If none of this helps, try and run the "Add Hardware" from the Control Panel.. If this won't help either, I'll do a search for a program which I forgot the name of, that can identify everything in your pc.. Like Manufactors of the stuff you've got etc..

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:43 pm

That is typical of old computers. My guess would be that the card is an expansion PCI card. Maybe ISA, but the following principle applies for both.

Take the case apart, don't forget your flashlight, maybe you can find what you need without removing the card. What your looking for is manufacturer and a serial number.

You can see at the top left hand side and again on the black box there, thats the MODEL NUMBER. You can easly tell on this card, thats a creative audology 2. On another card prehaps, you may have to find the serial number.

If you can get that information you will be able to identify your card, once you do that, finding a driver is simple.

ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE ABOVE:

visit www.driversguide.com and register for their free site. All you need is a valid email address. Then use their easy interface to find your card's drivers, then dowload and install. If you did your job right, the sound will now work, assuming its just a driver problem.

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:26 am

thanks alot guys i got it working Very Happy

the driver was never reinstalled