No Audio Device

[dodger]

Hi folks

new to the site. impressed with some knowledge on here!

My problem is this:

I have installed the audio drivers from the disc I got with my PC, and when I go into "Sounds and Audio Devices" I get the "No Audio Device" message, and all sections are greyed out. I have nVidia nForce, so I uninstalled and reinstalled. this never worked. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Heres my report from Belarc:

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.85 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: nVidia-nForce
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 07/12/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
81.93 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
67.28 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552U SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6 Y080L0 SCSI Disk Device (81.96 GB) -- drive 0 480 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 8.55 GB 3.07 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 73.39 GB 64.22 GB free
Network Drives
None detected

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
NVIDIA® nForce(TM) IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU [Display adapter]
GBM F153 [Monitor] (15.2"vis, s/n 08257, April 2003)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x) MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit (Dolby(R) Digital)
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices

1394 Net Adapter
IP Address: 172.201.63.139 / 32
Gateway: 172.201.63.139
Physical Address: 00:53:45:00:00:00
GlobeSpan USB ADSL LAN Modem
primary APIPA Address: 169.254.241.113 / 16
Physical Address: 00:11:F5:58:E4:BB
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller

Networking Dns Server: 205.188.146.145
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub (3x)

Kind Regards
Jamie

[dodger]

maybe worth mentioning I also tried installing the realtek ALC650/655 AC97 Audio software that was on the nVidia disc.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by dodger

maybe worth mentioning I also tried installing the realtek ALC650/655 AC97 Audio software that was on the nVidia disc.

Go here to Realtek, two updates to that driver in Dec 2005 on in Jan 2006 http://w3serv.realtek.com.tw/downloa...&Software=True


Hope this helps

[dodger]

thanks, trying that just now. Just a little concerned as the nVidia stuff worked before. Ill try it though, thanks

[dodger]

that never worked :-(

I rekon its an XP problem. is there anyway of installing the audio device/driver or whatever it is off the Windows XP disc without having to completely re-install XP altogether? its not a hardware problem, cause I have Geexbox (programme that plays DVDs/CD without having to start Windows etc) and it works fine.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by dodger

that never worked :-(

I rekon its an XP problem. is there anyway of installing the audio device/driver or whatever it is off the Windows XP disc without having to completely re-install XP altogether? its not a hardware problem, cause I have Geexbox (programme that plays DVDs/CD without having to start Windows etc) and it works fine.

try a System File Check, go to Run / type sfc /scannow " without quotes and note space after sfc ) have your Win cd available in case sfc needs to replace or repair any files.

Hope this helps

[dodger]

quite a cool tool that, cheers.
I ran it, took about 7 minutes, nothin popped up afterwards so im presuming nothing was wrong - still no sound :-(

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by dodger

quite a cool tool that, cheers.
I ran it, took about 7 minutes, nothin popped up afterwards so im presuming nothing was wrong - still no sound :-(

Ok have a look at this and run throught it http://www.fixmyxp.com/windows_xp_fi...nd_issues.html

Cheers

[Peter Evans]

I had this problem!
The answer in my case was to 'Start' right click 'My Computer' select 'Properties' select 'Hardware' select 'Device Manager' scroll down to the 'sound video and game controllers' open it up if necessary and look at the list where you should find the NVIDIA(R) n/Force ... etc entries. Right click on each and select 'enable' (For some reason the default state left these disabled!)
I hope in your case it's as simple as that too.

[alwaysonline]

your onboard should automatically be installed but if you have a sound card, go to the divice manager and disable the onboard or do it in the Bios.

Next.. that PC should have came with a CD of drivers, install them first but leave out the onboard audio drivers.


also your sound card should have came with a cd for drivers so install those 1st. then look for updated drivers from the maker of that sound card.

if you for some reason can't get the sound card to work, just re-enable the onboard sound and do a windows update.

i know this is not step by step but maybe this will help.

[pgkamath]

After hours of researching (in vain) over this issue on the internet, I accidentally happened to do the basic steps.

1. Remove existing driver for audio using Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs
2. Go to Control Panel ->Add New Hardware, select "Yes. I already have the ...", then select appropriate audio hardware.
3. Re-install driver... from the installation disk...

This worked! Mine was RealTek High Def Audio... Good luck!

[moxshin]

guys help me! my younger sister accidentally uninstall conexant AC-Link Audio in my PC.. and now i can't hear any sound coming out in my speakers. and also one thing is "Sounds, ..." tabs in Control Panel is greyed out and saying there is no no sound devices.


guys help me!!!

what should i do?

tnx n advnce..