No Audio Device Found

[Naut]

I've just inherited an oldish computer, which has an onboard soundcard. If I go to Control Pannel - Sound and Audio Devices it says No Audio Device. I seem to be unable to find the right driver for my motherboard. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

Here's the Everest Report for my System, if you need anything else please let me know:

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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name HOME
User Name Kat

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1533 MHz (11.5 x 133) 1800+
Motherboard Name MSI MS-6382(E) (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8366A Apollo KT266A
System Memory 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (11/28/01)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200 (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive SAMSUNG SV4003H (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive DVSKOREA DVD-ROM DSR1600H (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B (16x/10x/32x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 38193 MB (5658 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter 802.11g USB2.0 WLAN Dongle (192.168.1.33)

Peripherals:
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB Device 802.11g USB2.0 WLAN Dongle

[pip22]

According to your Everest report, the sound driver is already installed otherwise the device would not be shown (Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller). You would also have a yellow question mark against 'Multimedia Device' in Device Manager if the driver wasn't installed, or a red exclamation mark if it was the wrong driver. If the latter is the case (wrong driver) go to this MSI web-page and use the "Live Update Online" feature which will automatically detect the factory-fitted sound device and offer you the correct driver:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloadindex

Another possibility is that even though the right driver is correctly installed, the device itself (the sound chip) may have failed. In such cases the solution is to fit a PCI sound-card and disable the on-board chip in the BIOS settings.

[Naut]

Hmm yeah ok, the last thing I did before posting here was install the VIA 4in1 driver for the chipset. Before that it wasn't showing anything on the system report or under device manager apart from the generic windows stuff that didn't work. I must of not been awake enough this morning to notice this had changed after installing the via driver. Anyway, it was showing the AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller with a yellow question mark, so I installed the drivers for that, and it's working fine now.

Thanks for the help