Sound Card Driver Help Please

[nunn]

hey ok brought computer of my mate for £20

reformated computer with windows xp home edition (my own disk did not come with the computer)

Installed all the windows updates

computer working fine but....

no sound

no sound card detected but there is a "multimedia audio controller" with a yellow quetion mark

heres my system specifications:

knowing me im probly missing somthing thats staring at me right in the face

i need a sound driver .. i think .. help please






Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) American Megatrends Inc. K7S41GX 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.67 gigahertz AMD Sempron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: K7S41GX 1.0
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P2.00 10/28/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
81.95 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
75.93 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

BENQ CDRW 5232X [CD-ROM drive]

Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y239LSVC, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 768 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 256 MB
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 81.95 GB 75.93 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Nunn 24/03/2008 20:09:06 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
Packard Bell NEC CI A727 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, January 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices

SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.0.100 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1
Physical Address: 00:0B:6A6:00:05

Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
USB Root Hub (3x)
Virus Protection [Back to Top]
ZoneAlarm Security Suite Antivirus Version 7.0.470.000
Realtime File Scanning On

Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]

All required security hotfixes (using the 03/11/2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed

[Conquistador]

It definitely has a sound card? It should detect it automatically in Windows if it's working properly. If it's not integrated on the motherboard, have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it? You could also check on the site of the manufacturer of your PC or sound card (or motherboard, if integrated) for the driver. Even if it is integrated, but dead, you should still be able to add a new one in an expansion slot. They're relatively cheap.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by nunn

hey ok brought computer of my mate for £20

reformated computer with windows xp home edition (my own disk did not come with the computer)

Installed all the windows updates

computer working fine but....

no sound

no sound card detected but there is a "multimedia audio controller" with a yellow quetion mark

heres my system specifications:

knowing me im probly missing somthing thats staring at me right in the face

i need a sound driver .. i think .. help please






Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) American Megatrends Inc. K7S41GX 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.67 gigahertz AMD Sempron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: K7S41GX 1.0
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P2.00 10/28/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
81.95 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
75.93 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

BENQ CDRW 5232X [CD-ROM drive]

Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y239LSVC, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 768 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 256 MB
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 81.95 GB 75.93 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Nunn 24/03/2008 20:09:06 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
Packard Bell NEC CI A727 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, January 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices

SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.0.100 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1
Physical Address: 00:0B:6A6:00:05

Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
USB Root Hub (3x)
Virus Protection [Back to Top]
ZoneAlarm Security Suite Antivirus Version 7.0.470.000
Realtime File Scanning On

Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]

All required security hotfixes (using the 03/11/2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed

These are the board drivers, audio is C-Media http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=K7S41GX&s=

Your audio plugs must be on the I/O plate for this driver to work, if you use an expansion slot then you have a Sound Card installed, see here, click the image to focus
http://www.overclockeddoc.com/bookwo...0io%20slot.JPG

Set a System Restore Point before installing drivers just in case
Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore / select Create a restore point and follow instructions