No Sound On PC

Miroslav

I have just had my hard drive and Mother Board replaced but after tattoing the PC and recovering, I have no sound.

I have an engineer booked as I am having CD Rom replaced and he will also look at this then.

In the meantime, any idea what I can do?

I'm using Windows ME and my Motherboard is MSI 6340 Florida if that helps

Thanks!

ps - error code is 28 - drivers not installed. I do not have a CD with drivers on for this. I cannot find the right drivers

Toxteth_OGrady

What make is the soundcard? Or are you using the mobo integrated sound?

:cool:

TOG

Miroslav

Toxteth_OGrady wrote:

What make is the soundcard? Or are you using the mobo integrated sound?

:cool:

TOG

How would I find out?

Sorry, me and PC's don't go very well

Toxteth_OGrady

Click Start then Run and type in dxdiag. When the program runs you should be able to go to the "Sound" tab and it will show what your sound device is there.

:cool:

TOG

Miroslav

Hmmmm, no sound tab, but in my saved results

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Sound Devices

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DirectMusic

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DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\gm.dls
Version: 1.00.16.0002
Ports:
Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
Registry: OK
Music Test Result: Failure at step 6 (Activating the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)

So nothing under sound *confused*

rogerramjet

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/, download and install then go through the options to to get info on sound card chipset/manufacture then google the chipset/manufacture for drivers.

Toxteth_OGrady

Sorry, me being dull. Dxdiag won't detect your sound card if there's no drivers.

Go here and download "MSI Live Update." Install and run it and it will automatically detect and update all your drivers for you. See how that goes.

:cool:

TOG

Miroslav

Thanks TOG and rogerramjet.

Tried all suggestions but nothing and to boot, my AOL won't now start

Can only get in via the dialer, which is okay, but means I can't load up AOL to get e-mails etc and have to go to aol.co.uk instead

boogiemaster

Go to the motherboard site and download the sound driver for your motherboard, double click on the file to make it run.
It should install the drivers automatically for you and then you should have sound.
Also make sure the cable is in line out and not the headphone or mic ssocket.

Miroslav

boogiemaster wrote:

Go to the motherboard site and download the sound driver for your motherboard, double click on the file to make it run.
It should install the drivers automatically for you and then you should have sound.
Also make sure the cable is in line out and not the headphone or mic ssocket.

Tried it all and nothing

Tried the cable in all 3 sockets, one of them made a noise as if the speakers were trying to work but nothing

NellyLock

erm, not wishing to sound patronising, are you sure that they device isnt muted and volumes are up? this would be my first port of call if looking at someone elses machine.

start menu->all programs->accessories->entertainment->volume control...

check that nothing is ticked for "muted" and the volumes arent set too zero.