PC sound has died

Mr_C_10 · 26 February 2006 at 8:11PM

For some reason my PC sound has died on me , for no apparent reason. A friend who is more tech than me has had a look over and says the sound card is still functioning correctly. I thought the speakers were playing up and got another set today and still nothing.

I never used to get problems like this on my zx spectrum

Can anyone offer any troubleshooting suggestions ?

Thanks

albertross_2 · 26 February 2006 at 8:14PM

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

check mixer settings

VincentVega · 26 February 2006 at 8:45PM

Check the system volume settings. You may have inadvertently muted the sound.

Mr_C_10 · 26 February 2006 at 8:54PM

My friend already had a dabble with the system restore and still no joy and clicking on the speaker icon along the bottom of the screen still shows everything being turned on

Browntoa · 26 February 2006 at 8:57PM

did your firend say if it was "on board" (built into the mother board sound) or a soundcard on it's own

there is a known problem with the on board AC97 type sond cards stopping working for no particular reason...cured by downloadng an updated driver

Mr_C_10 · 26 February 2006 at 9:24PM

Giving that a try now , it is the on board type AC97.

Browntoa · 26 February 2006 at 9:44PM

found this if it helps

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000660.htm

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-009244.htm

Mr_C_10 · 26 February 2006 at 10:03PM

Thanks , will report back if I get a result.

Mr_C_10 · 26 February 2006 at 11:02PM

Things seemed to get worse when I updated the driver so have un-done everything and back to square one :mad:

Browntoa · 26 February 2006 at 11:17PM

some people have fixed theirs by downloading the original driver from the recovery dsik

wonderfullife_2 · 26 February 2006 at 11:37PM

Hi
Have you checked that your onboard sound is enabled in BIOS?

PC sound has died

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