[quote=italy31]No sound, says no hardware is found, when I try to play a system sound it says sound card already in use.
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Dell Computer Corporation DIM4500
System Service Tag: 6HJFY11 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: 6HJFY11
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation D845EPT2AAA83422-107
Serial Number: MY04P6151934129L0CHN
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. A03 07/18/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
79.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
68.56 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-240B [CD-ROM drive]
SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
ST380021A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 3HV2MFYK, rev 3.75, SMART Status: Healthy 256 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 79.99 GB 68.56 GB free
Network Drives None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accounts last logon Jen 10/14/2007 6:41:41 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin) ASPNET never Guest never
HelpAssistant 10/14/2007 6:40:19 PM
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account HP Deskjet 6940 series on USB001
Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 [Display adapter] DELL M782p [Monitor] (15.2"vis, s/n 1K52529NG23U, September 2002) Bus Adapters Multimedia Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller (3x) Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device Communications Other Devices SoftV90 Voice Speakerphone Modem Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
First check his out
Go to Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Audio tab / Sound Playback – click on down arrow and check that the correct audio is selected. Typically the problem will be something “modem line 0 playback” has been substituted for the correct audio device.
Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Component Services / a separate window will open – in left pane click Services(Local) / Scroll down to Windows Audio service / if the service is Disabled or Manual right click > select Properties > under Startup Type change to Automatic > click Apply > click Start > Reboot.
Are your audio plugs on the I/O plate or in a expansion slot, see here, click image to focus
http://www.overclockeddoc.com/bookwo...0io%20slot.JPG
if in a exspanson slot, need to know what sound card installed Get Everest, copy and paste the Computer / Summary section
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...-Edition.shtml