Uninstalled something....lost my sound!

[valhalla valkyr]

In an effort to clean up my computer, I uninstalled everything I thought was extraneous and it looks like I was a bit too aggressive with certain things, including the driver for my sound system (was it more than just the driver?).

The following are the specs of my laptop:

Motherboard: Gateway M675
Motherboard Chipset: Intel Springdale i865PE
OS: Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1
Audio Adapter: Intel 8280 1EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get my sound back?

Thanks,

Valhalla Valkyria

[Madcat]

Try System Restore. Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore but you may get back stuff you didn't want back. I personally don't use it.

You may want to try uninstalling audio drivers and reinstall. Do you have a drivers CD that came with the puter? If it's old you may want to find new drivers. I had an older version of AC'97 driver and it was buggy with XP.

At Gateway support (http://support.gateway.com/support/d...=ac%2797&st=kw)
There is a driver:
9528931.exe - Realtek ALC250 2-channel AC’97 Audio Driver Version: 5.10.0.5700
There is a note: This is the Realtek ALC250 2-channel AC’97 audio drivers for the Gateway Profile 5.5 in Windows XP. I do not know what this "Gateway Profile 5.5 in Windows XP" is but it seems that it's the only AC'97 audio driver

At Realtek (http://www.realtek.com.tw) there is a driver A3.71
If you use this one just get the driver and not the media player (RT rack)
This one requires DirectX 8. Check your version by: Start/Run/dxdiag/Ok
look at the bottom of system information for your loaded version.

Good luck

[valhalla valkyr]

Thanks! I tried installing the drivers but didn't get anywhere, so I restored instead and all is well.

Appreciate the help!