[bookworm]

Originally Posted by milsecools

I've been looking through your forum for the past 30 minutes and it seems that a lot of people have this same problem. In order to save you time, I had hoped to figure it out on my own but have not been successful so I have no choice but to post this problem yet again:

I got a computer from work and decided to format it. I installed Windows XP with service pack 2. I tried playing a video on the internet and could see the video, but could not hear it. As others have, I found yellow ?'s and !'s under "Other devices" specifically: "Ethernet Controller", "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)", and something to the effect of "Multimedia Audio Controller."

I re-installed windows and it got rid of the above third option (Audio) altogether and now my sound works fine. However, the other two (Ethernet Controller and Video Controller (VGA Compatible)) still have the yollow ?'s and !'s. I installed and tried playing a video game. I could hear but not see the intro video. When the menu popped up I couldn't see any buttons, just the background image.

I followed the advice given in some of your other threads and downloaded everest. Here is the System information for my computer:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name SKINNY
User Name Mike

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1600 MHz (12 x 133) 1900+
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-7VM400M (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8378 UniChrome KM400
System Memory 496 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (09/04/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter VIA/S3 UniChrome
3D Accelerator VIA/S3 UniChrome

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive SONY CD-ROM CDU5221 (52x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 39189 MB (35959 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (24.2.78.203)

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller


I really have no idea what to do with this information. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

This is the link to the Gigabyte drivers http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1670

VGA and Lan are there

you must plug your monitor into the I/O plate for this VGA driver to work see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQzgQ39ovZY


Set a System Restore Point before installing just in case