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Old 05-13-2009, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DrGirlfriend
I had a bad virus a bit back and had someone reformat my computer. Now that I have it back, the sound doesn't work. It is activated in BIOS, but "Sound Playback/Defualt device" is now greyed out, and when I look under component services Windows Audio is already started and set to automatic. Everything else runs normally, but Windows doesn't seem to recognize sound in any way (no taskbars for it, etc).

Any thoughts?

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name ANONYMOUS
User Name Administrator

Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3800+
Motherboard Name Shuttle FN25 (1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (02/09/06)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (512 MB)
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 711N/712N [17" LCD] (HCJX600610)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter IC Ensemble Envy24 Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 ADMA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 ADMA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0 (232 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Generic CF Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic SM/SD/MS Reader USB Device
Disk Drive ST9250827AS (232 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 238464 MB (217109 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 238464 MB (115271 MB free)
Total Size 465.8 GB (324.6 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #3 - Packet Scheduler Miniport (192.168.2.7)

Peripherals:
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device USB Audio Device
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Video Device

Are you’re audio plugs on the I/O plate or in an Expansion slot – see here – click image to focus
http://www.overclockeddoc.com/bookwo...0io%20slot.JPG
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