Volume icon missing

Bonking_Mad

The volume icon has disappeared from my system tray.


I've looked under > start > control panel > sounds & audio devices > under volume tab "No audio device" and is greyed out


Have XP installed


Any advice please?

poppellerant

Are you getting sound from your speakers? What soundcard do you have?

Start menu > Control Panel > If you see System click this, otherwise click Performance and Maintenance then System > Hardware tab > Device Manager button.

What is listed under Sound, video and game controllers when you press the + to the left of the text?

Bonking_Mad

Audio Codecs
Legacy audio drivers
Legacy video capture devices
Media control devices
Unimodem half-duplex audio device
Video codecs

cookie365

What motherboard model is it? You might still be able to find the XP audio drivers on the manufacturers website.

poppellerant

Is there anything showing under Other devices?

Sparx

Is your computer pre-built? What make/model is it? Re-installing the sound drivers may help.

Also in the Device Manager do any of the listed devices have an exclamation mark over them?

coolagarry

That happens to me sometimes and I find that restarting the PC usually brings it back

Bonking_Mad

cookie365 wrote: »

What motherboard model is it?

How do I find the info?

Sparx wrote: »

Is your computer pre-built? What make/model is it? Re-installing the sound drivers may help.
Acer Aspire SA1

Also in the Device Manager do any of the listed devices have an exclamation mark over them?

Yes "Other devices" has a - and a yellow?, underneath it is another yellow ? next to "Multimedia Audio Controller"

coolagarry wrote: »

That happens to me sometimes and I find that restarting the PC usually brings it back

I've tried that, doesn't work

closed

install sound drivers

Bonking_Mad

closed wrote: »

install sound drivers

Can you point me in the right direction please?

closed

Depends on the soundcard installed, ac97 is common. what machine is it

has windows just been reinstalled?

try system restore if it just stopped working on it's own, or right click, update driver