Having trouble with sound driver

[snlimey]

Quite recently i had my hard drive replaced due to my old one going crazy, and lost all of my info, i have a new hd now and have installed everything except for my sound driver, this is due to me losing my cd and i cannot remember what sound card i have or if it is inbuilt to the motherboard. if anyone can offer any suggestions as to how i can find out what sound driver i need to get my sound back up and running i will be very grateful.

many thanks in advance.

dont know if it will help but my speakers are creative 5.1 inspire p580

thanks again.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by snlimey

Quite recently i had my hard drive replaced due to my old one going crazy, and lost all of my info, i have a new hd now and have installed everything except for my sound driver, this is due to me losing my cd and i cannot remember what sound card i have or if it is inbuilt to the motherboard. if anyone can offer any suggestions as to how i can find out what sound driver i need to get my sound back up and running i will be very grateful.

many thanks in advance.

dont know if it will help but my speakers are creative 5.1 inspire p580

thanks again.

If you know the make and model of your comp, you will get the drivers from their site, if not get Belarc a free programe, it's usally possible to find the maker or motherboard and trace the drivers that way. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
if you have any problems just copy and past Belarc report may be able to find drivers for you

Hope this helps

[snlimey]

i used the belarc to build the profile of my comp, but it doesnt seem to show a sound card on there, is it poosible my sound card is built into my motherboard? this is what the belarc program said .....

Computer Profile Summary
Computer Name: Mesh (in MSHOME)
Profile Date: 08 March 2006 11:55:44
Advisor Version: 7.1g
Windows Logon: MSUSER


Click here for Belarc's System Management products, for large and small companies.

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X-E REV 2.xx
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X-E REV 2.xx
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe ACPI BIOS Rev 1009 02/04/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
163.91 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
156.92 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SONY DVD RW DW-U18A [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1612 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6Y160P0 [Hard drive] (163.93 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y469N19E, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DDR1' is Empty
Slot 'DDR2' has 512 MB
Slot 'DDR3' has 512 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 163.91 GB 156.92 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
GRAHAM 07/03/2006 21:05:28 (admin)
MSUSER 08/03/2006 11:52:50 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller RADEON 9600 SERIES [Display adapter]
RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary [Display adapter]
Mitsubishi DPro930SB [Monitor] (18.0"vis, s/n 4300412YB, February 2004)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x) MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices
SoftV92 Data Fax Modem


1394 Net Adapter
IP Address: 82.14.91.80 / 32
Gateway: 82.14.91.80
Physical Address: 00:53:45:00:00:00
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: 00:0E:A6:C4:C4:36
SpeedTouch USB ADSL PPP

Networking Dns Servers: 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
HID-compliant consumer control device (2x)
HID-compliant device
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
Creative WebCam NX Pro
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
SpeedTouch 330 ADSL Modem
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub (3x)

[snlimey]

nvm its ok guys, i did a bit of research and found my motherboard was an asus with inbuilt nvidia nforce 2 audio, so i got my driver, sound is up and running, but thank you to bookworm for the help anyway, much appreciated.