No sound from PC (WIN XP)

optimus_primera

Carrying on from my other thread, i have had to download the Audio driver for the PC.
Its a Realtek audiio driver, and it seems to be the same as i had before.
But i have no sound .
Now when i got the PC there was no sound either, so i had to take it back, and the guys said they had to adjust a sound/volume control, as was set to mute, however me being me,I never asked what one it was ........
I have gone though all the sound devices/volume controls i can find, whether that is thru Device Manager, or the controls in the control panel, but to no avail.
The speakers are connected up correctly, and the volume is turned up to max on them.

Any ideas on where to look??

Toxteth_OGrady

Start --> Run, type in dxdiag. look in the sound tab for details of your sound driver. You can also test it in dxdiag.

silkyuk9

well i dl realtek and no sound, i uninstalled it and dl the sound card driver instead and got sound. i suspect thats what you have done

optimus_primera

Toxteth
Hmmm i got this.
Faliure at step 19 (User verification of software) HRESULT = 0X0000000(error result)

Toxteth_OGrady

ISTR you get that error when you click 'No' in answer to the question during the tests, 'did you hear a sound?' Is that the case for you? Did you hear any sound?

optimus_primera

no sound at all.

Toxteth_OGrady

The fact you have a sound tab in dxdiag generally indicates that your sound card is correctly fitted and working, so it does indeed appear you have mute selected somewhere or there is a hardware issue with your output jack/cables.

Have you tried headphones?

optimus_primera

I have no sound at all, no matter what i plug into the PC .

optimus_primera

Right, i now have sound.
Don't ask me how, cos i don't know, was changing some settings and it just started working........... i give up, hate computers .......