No sound card detected

[Guest]

I recently reformatted my hard drive and now my computer doesn't detect any
sound card. My sound card is integrated to my mother board and I can't find
any drivers for it. Help!

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

At the website of the motherboard manufacturer.

 

[Guest]

thanks, but now that brings me to my next question, how do i find out what
kind of motherboard i have...i have no computer skills, im sorry

 

[Guest]

uh, nevermind the last one, i found it

 

[paulmd]

thanks, but now that brings me to my next question, how do i find out what
kind of motherboard i have...i have no computer skills, im sorry

find and download a copy of aida32 or everest and the informatiom will
be there.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If you have a PC from a major manufacturer, HP, Gateway, Dell, Compaq etc...
their website should not only tell you but also have the drivers you need.

 

[Guest]

ok, I updated the drivers from dell.com; I also downloaded this driver:
ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/rc/infinst_enu.exe -which is
supposed to work for my sound card which is an Intel 82801EB(M) ICH5. However
when I restart my computer to finish the installation I get the error "A
required DevCon32.DLL cannot be found. Make sure that the file is in the
correct directory." And when I go to audio controls in control panel it says
"No Audio Devices Found"

 

[Guest]

uhh, nevermind, I found the cd with the drivers on it, thanks anyways