The dreaded "No Audio Device" problem.

[Roy124]

[quote=bookworm]In the Sound and Audio Properties dialogue box in Control Panel > go to Hardware Tab > select your C-Media sound device > click Properties > check use Use this device(enable) is selected.

Barbara, almost spot on. On 20 Sep Windows did a device driver update and installed the C-Media as my device driver. It was enabled but had the yellow exclam in Devive Manager.

I chose to roll back the driver and the C-Media AC57 was replaced by the previous SiS 7012 Wave. Quite why Mr Gates thought he knew better I don't know. Thanks for the pointer. Hope this helps as the date suggests several others have been caught by this driver 'update - degrade'.

[Hellbent70]

(This will fix your sound device! I guarantee!) well i installed a new hard drive then after i restarted i couldnt hear any sound out of my speakers. i was pissed... (I know they work) so i looked at my sounds under system in the control panel and it said no sound device... the whole screen was grey and you couldnt choose any options... tried for 2 days to fix it... so i got mad and gave up and went to circuit city and bought a sound card for 24.99$... Its made by creative and its called blaster audigy se. It now works and sounds better then ever before and well worth the 25$ try it.... It worked for me!

[blue_raja]

Originally Posted by kousonh

Go to start, run, type in services .msc; then scroll down down until you find windows audio. Right click windows audio and select properties, then look for where it says startup type, make sure that selection is set to automatic. Make sure you restart after doing this.
This should be the fix to it.

thank you so much, my sound drive stopped working also. this worked great, although i now have a different sound device than i did before lol. anyway, thanks a bunch! i was getting worried for a second. i mean this one problem is why i joined these forums in the first place, hence the one post count

[Hyriecha]

Hi,
mine was like this for a monthnow and i have found how to fix it.
Go to start, run, type %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc, press enter, scroll down until you find Windows Audio, double click it, select automatic, click apply, select start, click OK.

You will have to restart your computer for this to work.

Hope it works

[Forza]

Originally Posted by Hyriecha

Hi,
mine was like this for a monthnow and i have found how to fix it.
Go to start, run, type %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc, press enter, scroll down until you find Windows Audio, double click it, select automatic, click apply, select start, click OK.

You will have to restart your computer for this to work.

Hope it works

thankyou so much its taken me 3 weeks to fix it and i tryed this and it works with no problems!!!

thanks again mate

[keh6444]

Many thanks to kousonh re: "Fix your audio"

I'd been wrestling with the same problem for days following an XP crash. I was able to reinstall without formatting the HD, but XP wouldn't recognize Soundblaster. "No Audio Device". The device Mgr. said opposite device function properly at the same time.

"Start, run, type in services .msc; scroll down down to windows audio. Right click windows audio and select properties, then set startup type to automatic. Restart."[msg. shortened, so as not to clog].

It's so simple. The frustrating part is living with your level of ignorance.
Thanks, again,

Kent

[keh6444]

Many thanks to kousonh re: "Fix your audio"

I'd been wrestling with the same problem for days following an XP crash. I was able to reinstall without formatting the HD, but XP wouldn't recognize Soundblaster. "No Audio Device". The device Mgr. said opposite device function properly at the same time.

As kousonh says "Start, run, type in services .msc; scroll down down to windows audio. Right click windows audio and select properties, then set startup type to automatic. Restart."[msg. shortened, so as not to clog].

It's so simple. The frustrating part is living with your level of ignorance.
Thanks, again,

Kent

[snoutmeat]

Found my way here because I'm having the same problem.
I'm running a Biostar iDEQ 210V small form factor machine with XP (SP2).
Installed a Windows Automatic Update about a month ago and my sound disappeared.

--When I look in Control Panel under "Sounds and Audio Devices", it says "No Audio Device Present" and all options under all tabs are grayed out.
--Under Device Manager, everything looks normal. No yellow circles with exclamation points, no red X, everything seems to be working fine. Windows reports that the drivers are working properly.
--I went to the Biostar website and downloaded the latest drivers on that site. The drivers appeared to install properly.
--I've tried uninstalling the drivers and letting them reinstall themselves.
--I've tried "update driver"
--I've tried the "services.msc" trick listed above, but the appropriate setting is already set for "automatic".

Any other suggestions? It's a small form factor machine, so I don't really have a slot to spare for a sound card.

[snoutmeat]

Here's an odd one...

Under "Device Manager" -> Sound, video, and game controllers -> C-Media AC97 Audio Device -> Properties -> Audio Devices -> C-Media WDM Audio Device -> Properties, it says "Status: Driver is enabled but has not been started".

Of course, it doesn't give me any indication as to how I could start the driver...

[angelBabi]

I've tried all of these suggestions and nothing has worked.

[angel_nava77]

Hello Bookworm, I've noticed that you have been able to help many people concerning their sound system, I would like to ask for your help as well. I have a Windows XP Home Edition (build 2600) and everytime I put in a music cd, there's an error message that reads " Cannot play the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding." but yet, I have checked control panel/Sounds and Audio Services/Hardware and according to their device properly it says that all audio system is working properly. And I do hear sounds, but only beeps once in awhile.

I have download belarc advisor and these are the results I got, hope you can help ME ^_^

Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition (build 2600)

System Model
Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4600C
System Service Tag: 14W6L31 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: 14W6L31
Enclosure Type: Space-saving

Processor
2.67 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board
Board: Dell Computer Corp. 0K0057
Serial Number: ..CN6986138O05AF.
Bus Clock: 533 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A03 07/21/2003

Drives
137.43 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
133.16 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TEAC CD-W224E [CD-ROM drive]

Maxtor 6Y160P0 [Hard drive] (163.93 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y42XMH6E, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules
504 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DDR_A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'DDR_B0' has 256 MB

Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 137.43 GB 133.16 GB free

Multimedia
Multimedia Audio Controller

Hope this information Helps, I'll be looking forward to your answer, "THANK YOU" ^_^

[bhavani17]

Hi

I have tried every possible thing to make the audio on my comp work. I also checked in my bios that ac97 audio is enabled. But still i have no audio device problem in my sound and audio devices. When i go on hardware tab and check the device status for Realtek AC'97 audio it says "The device cannot start (code 10)". Also in my device manager under sound video game controller it shows a yellow circle with black exclamation on Realtek AC'97 audio.
This is probably due to wrong driver installation for my system. Could anybody please provide me the correct driver for my motherboard. I dont have my motherboard cd and i tried downloading various drivers from net and none of them worked so far. I just did a fresh installation of windows XP on my PC. Below is the info abt my hardware on my system:

Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 11/02/2004-SiS741GX-A7S8X-MX-00
Motherboard Name Asus A7S8X-MX

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2666 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 133 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz
Bandwidth 2132 MB/s

Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 462
Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 2 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 190 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset SiS741GX
Extra Features CPU Overheating Protection

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product Information http://www.asus.com/products1.aspx?l1=3
BIOS Download http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

Below is the info abt my chipset
Field Value
North Bridge Properties
North Bridge SiS 741GX
Revision 03
In-Order Queue Depth 7

Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 6T

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)

Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type SiS 330 Mirage
Graphics Controller Status Enabled
Graphics Frame Buffer Size 32 MB

AGP Controller
AGP Version 3.05
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Device SiS 330 Mirage Integrated
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 8x
Fast-Write Not Supported
Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation
Product Information http://www.sis.com/products/index.htm#chipsets
Driver Download http://www.sis.com/download


Please help me.

Thanks
Vaibhav

[ANDREWTM]

Ok Guys For Your Systems Running Windows Xp Home And Professional Edition You Need To Get Hold Of An Audio Driver Which Is Realtek High Definiton Audio Device And Drivers. I Will Post A Link Later When I Can Find It For You.

Hope This Helps.

[Meadows]

hey guys, see your all having problems with your sound even though device manager says its fine. Solution: click start and go to run and type "services.msc" when you are there locate "Windows Audio", right click and set it to manual by the properties and then right click again and start the service. problem solved. Its bit quicker than reinstalling windows? no need to thank me

[PlanetHopper]

Since non of the above fixes worked for me, here is what did, nothing that at least for me if you take the audio drivers from the biostar site audio still does not work.

I took a guess and downloaded the "Realtek AC97" driver, 17 meg file, rebooted, all was good.

So for getting other people out the sh**, if your Ideq 210v sound is not working, Google around for the 17 meg driver just mentioned. Install (RAR file, extract, click setup, reboot).