No Sound and wrong Video setting after re-install

rizla01

Got rid of G/Fs slow lappy and now got a Packard Bell which had a clean install of XP.

So far so good but there is no sound and the display isn't right as the monitor is a 4:3 but PC thinks it should be a W/S (I think)

Searched for well over an hour but cannot find the drivers anywhere.

Can some kind soul point me in the right direction - PLEASE!!

Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
AMD Sempron
Thoroughbred 0.13um Technology
RAM
1.00GB DDR @ 200MHz (3-3-3-6)
Motherboard
NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL MS-6786 (Socket A) 64 °C
Graphics
Standard Monitor (1152x864@1Hz)
Storage
74GB Seagate ST380011A (ATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
NEC DVD_RW ND-3530A
Audio
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device



Manufacturer NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL
Model MS-6786 (Socket A)
Version PB13303201
Chipset Vendor VIA
Chipset Model KM400
Chipset Revision 00
Southbridge Vendor VIA
Southbridge Model VT8235
Southbridge Revision 00


Monitor
Name Standard Monitor on
Current Resolution 1152x864 pixels
Work Resolution 1152x864 pixels
State Enabled, Primary
Monitor Width 1152
Monitor Height 864
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 1 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1


From Belarc:-

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 11/18/2013 12:33:07 AM Packard Bell NEC PB13303201
System Serial Number: 044863420121
Chassis Serial Number: 50424E
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz AMD Sempron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL MS-6786
Bus Clock: 167 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD V4.4 10/02/2004

forgotmyname

Do a windows update and see if it installs the correct drivers for the sound and video.

You need to change the language / location settings also. Unless they are in the US and not the UK.

Stick another GB of RAM in there also. It will be sluggish with only 1GB.

rizla01

forgotmyname wrote: »

Do a windows update and see if it installs the correct drivers for the sound and video.

You need to change the language / location settings also. Unless they are in the US and not the UK.

Stick another GB of RAM in there also. It will be sluggish with only 1GB.

Thanks


I don't have the XP disk to update it with.

I have changed setting to UK (Hopefully) now.

I do plan to give her a bit more Ram

rizla01

And despite going to Control Pane/regional, languages and deleting English USA it still shows

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 18/11/2013 00:33:07

I think that perhaps that cannot be changed as I think it should have been done on installation. - Just a theory.

Freebyman

I had a similar problem on an old PC running XP with the sound.

I downloaded the Realtek audio drivers the AC97 ones and the problem was solved, apparently a lot of old motherboards used this software. However it has been a while since I did this.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/


First thing I would do as suggested is use windows update first though.

HereToday

Video Driver here

Look here for other missing Drivers

The Recovery Disc for the PC is in your Inbox.