[bookworm]

[quote=crownluv]Hi. I've been without sound for over a year. I've moved the sound card, disabled the onboard audio, updated drivers. Still no luck, the audio devices is still greyed out. Please help. Thanks

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) ABIT 6A69RA1H BIOS Rev:0.1
System Serial Number: SE6R01
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
733 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ABIT i815E-W83627HF Rev:0.1
Serial Number: SE6R01
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: 7Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 02/21/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
178.40 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
34.70 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Compaq DVD-ROM DVD-115 [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD RW DRU-720A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 5T040H4 [Hard drive] (40.98 GB) -- drive 1, s/n M0000000, rev TAH71DP0, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3160023A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 4LJ09MR6, rev 8.01, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 137.44 GB 19.06 GB free
f: (FAT32 on drive 1) 40.97 GB 15.64 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 9/23/2007 10:20:41 AM (admin)
Jadalyn 9/23/2007 12:40:20 PM
Jenise 9/11/2008 3:47:11 PM
Jessie 9/15/2008 1:07:58 PM (admin)
local system accounts
ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
Ree-Ree 9/10/2008 9:18:49 PM (admin)
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Brother MFC-5840CN USB Printer on USB001
Brother PC-FAX on LPT1:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:
PDF995 Printer Driver on PDF995PORT
Send To Microsoft OneNote Driver on Send To Microsoft OneNote Port:

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON [Display adapter]
Envision AOC A770 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, May 2000)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444
NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller ATI WDM Rage Theater Audio
ATI WDM Specialized MVD Codec
ATI WDM Specialized PCD Codec
ATI WDM TV Audio Crossbar
ATI WDM TV Tuner
SB Audigy
Specialized PCD WDM VBI Codec
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices

Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet Adapter


check this out

Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Component Services / a separate window will open – in left pane click Services(Local) from the tree / 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 > OK Reboot