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  • 01-03-2006 3:14pm
    #1
    Mr_Magpie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭


    Please help me! I got a new pc for christmas. I hd to re install windows xp though. now there is no sound. windows doesn't see the on board sound. its on the motherboard. i got sound mx and tried to install it but it won't cause i don't have the 'correct hardware'. i also installed the motherboard software but it doesn't help. in the control panel, it says that there is 'no audio device'

    please help!

    thanks


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  • #2
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    did you get a motherboard cd with the computer? the souncd drivers should be on that. what is the motherboard you have?

    this program should tell you:

    http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

    once you get the spec of the motherboard it should be a simple matter of finding out the name of the onboard sound hardware and getting the drivers from driverguide.com


    edit: also check in the bios if the onboard sound is disabled


  • #3
    Mr_Magpie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭Mr_Magpie


    i did install the motherboard drivers. its a asus.


  • #4
    Heinrich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Heinrich


    Apart from the MB driver you should have audio drivers on that disk.


  • #5
    Mr_Magpie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭Mr_Magpie


    i did try to install sound max, which is what it had last time. it said i don't have the right hardware.


  • #6
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    Mr_Magpie wrote:
    i did install the motherboard drivers. its a asus.
    which asus? use that cpu-z program i linked you to to get the model. if you don't know what to look for, mines an asus a7v8x-mx. yours will be similar


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  • #7
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    Go to control panel /add hardware ,tick my device is already installed, click search detect all hardware,then see if it finds your audio device, clik have disk, then insert the driver cdrom,browse to the folder that has drivers/audio ,with various sys, inf files ,in it, insert the winxp cd, if you lost your utility or drivers disk.if you look round the i386 folder ,you will see a folder drivers/audio / your driver for the audio unit,will probably be there.


  • #8
    Mr_Magpie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭Mr_Magpie


    I'll try that thanks. The sound outputs are on the motherboard so how will it find it as a device if its built in?


  • #9
    bpmurray
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭bpmurray


    Mr_Magpie wrote:
    I'll try that thanks. The sound outputs are on the motherboard so how will it find it as a device if its built in?

    It's really, really smart.


  • #10
    EOA_Mushy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 521 ✭✭✭EOA_Mushy


    bpmurray wrote:
    It's really, really smart.
    lol :D


  • #11
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    windows will detect whatever device .sound units are on motherbord,,unless it is DISABLED IN THE BIOS, bios is the prog that controls the hardware setup ,of pc, before windows loads up.if you hold down del ,or maybe f1 for 10 seconds, after turning on pc ,the bios will load up , go to settings advanced, use arrow keys ,and enter key, to click on ENABLE onbord sound device/ sumything \name of sound cardunit.YOU MAY HAVE TO LOOK THRU MENU IN BIOS, look at enable/ pci inbuilt devices/intregrated devices.sumthing like that.its PROBABLY,switched in bios/enabled already .be careful ,if you change bios settings incorrectly the other devices like cdroms,wont work properly.windows will say found onbord soundcard/sumthing model/sumthing ,then click,hAVE dISK ,BROWSE TO CDROM, then browse to drivers/audio/ are located ,then clik ok.


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