The dreaded "No Audio Device" problem.

[Hyrulius]

Hi all. Sorry for the bother, but I appear to have a problem that dispite trying to fix it for days it's still bothering me. I've recently rebooted my system and now can't get any sound. All the audio and other devices are freshly installed with the latest drivers I could find. It even says in Device Manager that everything is working correctly, but I'm still getting "No Audio Device" showing in "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the control panel. Any help would be apreciated.

Don't know how much of this would be useful to know, but here goes...

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M266A-8235
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: P4M266A-8235
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 05/27/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
62.42 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3.18 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON DVD SOHD-167T [CD-ROM drive]

FUJITSU MPA3026ATU [Hard drive] (2.63 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 01188474, rev 9517, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD600BB-22JHA0 [Hard drive] (60.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAM92130686, rev 05.01C05, SMART Status: Healthy 256 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 60.01 GB 2.73 GB free
d: (FAT32 on drive 1) 2.42 GB 446 MB free

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 [Display adapter]
LGE L1730S [Monitor] (17.1"vis, May 2005)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x) C-Media AC97 Audio Device
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices

Speedstream Ethernet USB Adapter
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Gateway: 10.0.0.138
Dhcp Server: 10.0.0.138
Physical Address: 00:0B:23:F3:F3:BF
VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: 00:E0:4C1:E9:F4

Networking Dns Server: 10.0.0.138
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub (4x)
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[thedon57]

Hi have you tried the troubleshooter, also you may have updated your drivers too much roll them back in device manager, I have seen that done before and it's worked, sorry can't advice anything else.

[maddy.addanki]

Originally Posted by thedon57

Hi have you tried the troubleshooter, also you may have updated your drivers too much roll them back in device manager, I have seen that done before and it's worked, sorry can't advice anything else.

check for all the available codecs., any single codecs may disappread

[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.

[F A B Scott]

You could try reinstalling the chipset drivers at this site http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/s...asp?keywords=5. Presumably you do not have a disk that would've come with the computer/motherboard.

[Hyrulius]

Ok. I gave all your solutions a try or had already tried it. But still no audio. Any other ideas?

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by Hyrulius

Ok. I gave all your solutions a try or had already tried it. But still no audio. Any other ideas?

have you checked in Sound and Audio Device Properties that Use this device is enabled.
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.

hope this helps

[Hyrulius]

Yep, tried that already. Says its enabled but still no sound.

[xcrunner503]

try getting everst at:

http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en

then open it click on Motherboard/Motherboard, there should be a link to ur motherboard manufacturerer where u can try to search for ur motherboard and download the sound drivers.

[Hyrulius]

Thanks for that link. It's a handy little program to have. I got the drivers for my motherboard, but unfortunatly still no sound.

Also on another note, I gained acces to a new sound card and installed it. It detected it installed fine but still no sound.

[thedon57]

Originally Posted by Hyrulius

Thanks for that link. It's a handy little program to have. I got the drivers for my motherboard, but unfortunatly still no sound.

Also on another note, I gained acces to a new sound card and installed it. It detected it installed fine but still no sound.

Hi don't think this a stupid question but have you made sure the speakers you have work, I will tell you why I am asking, because I got called out the other day to a computer, with same trouble as yours, everything came up working, spent over 3 hrs checking because no sound from speakers, even checked in mixer, and volume control that they had not been muted, took them out, they worked in the laptop, but not in the computer concerned.
Found out in the end that they were shorting out as they enter the speaker socket on the back of the computer.
Put another set in and now everything works fine.

Sorry if you have tried the above, but was something that it could be.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by Hyrulius

Thanks for that link. It's a handy little program to have. I got the drivers for my motherboard, but unfortunatly still no sound.

Also on another note, I gained acces to a new sound card and installed it. It detected it installed fine but still no sound.

If your motherboard has onboard sound and you have another sound card installed, you have to disable the onboard sound in the BIOS.

Hope this helps

[Hyrulius]

Yep, tried it. Still nothing.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by Hyrulius

Yep, tried it. Still nothing.

Ok, we have no specifics on your motherboard brand name( there are quite a few that have your motherboard code ) or the make and model of your computer, this information would help, especially to identify the C-Media AC'97 audio device, theres more than one driver. One thing to try, have you been to Device manager and under Sound,video and game controllers have you tried to let Device manager install the drivers that are listed as audio drivers especially the C-Media AC'97,and giveing permission to do a search online.

Hope this helps

[Hyrulius]

Ok, thanks to everyone for their help. I just freshly rebooted my whole machine over again, and this time for some unknown reason everything is working perfectly. Yay for me!