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so i just reformatted and no sound... like everyone else... my report is

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600)

Processor a
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Drives
120.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
116.14 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

MD01200-AABW [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n MW0WMAEK1905015, rev 15.05R15, SMART Status: Healthy

Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8V-X SE Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1010.001 09/30/2005

Memory Modules c,d
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number SerNum0)
Slot 'DIMM1' has 512 MB

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master Ultra ATA Controller

Display
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 [Display adapter]
Default Monitor

Bus Adapters
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (4x)

thanks in advance for the help
oh and if it helps... i tried installing soundMAX and it kept giving an error "driver not found, please reboot your computer and run this setup again"
before i reformatted i had soundMAX and it worked fine