Sound Suddenly No-Show

[night_wolvie]

Hello (again), guys.

So, I woke up, turned on my computer, and out of nowhere, a prompt popped up telling me something's wrong with the sound. Wary and not a little resigned, for I had had the same problem three or four years ago (which led me to this site, in fact), I opened one of my video files and lo' and behold, I heard nothing! Tried muting and unmuting, plugging in my earphones, stuck my ears embarrassingly close to the built-in speakers as possible--all to no avail. My iTunes experienced the same problem, too.

I've pretty much resigned myself to going to the shop tomorrow where I brought this notebook from and getting it fixed that way; they were so very helpful the last time I went there with my computer overcome with the Blue Screen of Death, which can go hang. (Turned out it was a problem with the BIOS, easily fixed by one of the comp whizzes in a jiffy, to my eternal befuddlement.)

For the record, I have Window XP (obviously) on an ASUS K40IN notebook. I have here a terribly long Everest report of my computer, which I won't put here until I'm told which portion to post. But here are some portions I thought may be relevant:

Summary

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name ASUS-3AFEBB7C4D
User Name ASUS

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium III Xeon, 2100 MHz (8 x 263)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 2048 MB
BIOS Type AMI (07/22/09)

Display:
Video Adapter GeForce G102M (512 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce G102M (512 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SRS Premium Sound

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive ST9320325AS (298 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT10N
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 99998 MB (56632 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 205236 MB (186601 MB free)
Total Size 298.1 GB (237.5 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Keyboard Device Filter
Mouse ELAN PS/2 Port Smart-Pad

Network:
Network Adapter Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (192.168.1.2)

Peripherals:
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller [NoDB]
USB Device USB 2.0 1.3M UVC WebCam
Battery Microsoft AC Adapter
Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

Windows Audio

Device Identifier Device Description
midi-out.0 0001 0066 Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
mixer.0 FFFF FFFF SRS Premium Sound
wave-out.0 FFFF FFFF SRS Premium Sound

Also, I was wandering around My Computer and came upon Device Manager, and looked through it with an air of resignation and morbid curiosity. Perhaps this might help shed a light on my predicament: Under Sound, video and game controllers, all speaker icons are unmarred save for one, which is Realtek High Definition Audio. Its speaker icon has a yellow icon with an "!" inside it. I double-clicked it and a prompt window told me of the device's status: "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". Does this mean anything to anyone, for my plebeian brain cannot comprehend it?

Thanks very much.

[night_wolvie]

Haha, well, my sound just returned after I checked the SRS Premium Sound in my Startup menu. I did nothing that I recall, just looking around. Probably, the sound was already restored the moment I turned on my notebook.

So, I don't know what happened for my sound to be as it was yesterday, but since it's back now, I won't be put too much thought on the matter.

Thanks, invisible viewers.