problem with net connection and sound

[Jag Chan]

My nephews computer (Windows XP SP2)got corrupted after power outage.
After fresh installation having problem with net connection and sound.
The volume icon is missing and when goes via control panel it says
sonething like no sound detected.
et connection is also not working. Cannot setup LAN connection.
Any help will be of great help.
Thanx.

 

[VanguardLH]

My nephews computer (Windows XP SP2)got corrupted after power outage.
After fresh installation having problem with net connection and sound.
The volume icon is missing and when goes via control panel it says
sonething like no sound detected.
et connection is also not working. Cannot setup LAN connection.
Any help will be of great help.
Thanx.

See replies to your DISCONNECTED same post in the 24hoursupport.helpdesk
newsgroup. In the future, cross-post when hitting multiple newsgroups,
don't shotgun via multi-posting.


Learn to cross-post:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

 

[Paul]

My nephews computer (Windows XP SP2)got corrupted after power outage.
After fresh installation having problem with net connection and sound.
The volume icon is missing and when goes via control panel it says
sonething like no sound detected.
et connection is also not working. Cannot setup LAN connection.
Any help will be of great help.
Thanx.

You need drivers for sound and networking. They can be tracked
down, via some details about the computer make and model number,
or the motherboard make and model number.

No computer ships without some version of the necessary drivers.
A retail motherboard box, comes with a driver CD. A retail
computer (Dell/HP/Acer/Gateway) comes with drivers already
in the pre-installed OS. The recovery partition on the Dell,
is to be used to put the OS back.

Using a second, working computer, you can go to the Dell or
whatever site, and download the drivers needed, then carry them
over on a USB flash stick, to the fresh install computer.

Paul

 

[Jag Chan]

See replies to your DISCONNECTED same post in the 24hoursupport.helpdesk
newsgroup. In the future, cross-post when hitting multiple newsgroups,
don't shotgun via multi-posting.


Learn to cross-post:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

Thanks for your suggestions.
Following your suggestion and bit of google search I have been able to
solve the poblem.

Being on the wrong side of the fifty I sometime find computer etiquets
overwhelming.
In this case my mistake arose because I don't know how to crosspost.
Of course fault is entirely mine.

Thanks & Regards.

 

[Tim Meddick]

As "Paul" says; the problem is one of drivers that came with the original
installation.

If you still have the original disk for the PC, look to see if you have
either a general drivers CD-rom or one for the sound card.

If you only have a support disk from the PC manufacturer with the XP
Installation files on it, you may find the sound-drivers on it as well.

Put the appropriate disk [if you found one] into the cd/dvd drive and start
the device manager.

You'll find the Device Manager on the System Control Panel under
"Hardware".

In Device Manager, you will see a heading :

"Sound, Video and Game Controllers"

...Under this heading you should see a question mark indicating a problem
device - in your case, your sound card.

Double click on the problem device and under the "Driver" tab, click on the
"Update Driver" button.

Click on "Next" and then direct the wizard to the CD-rom.

But you will have to browse around it with the wizard in order to find the
right folder that contains driver information files (*.inf files) and for
the Audio System.

It will probably reside in a folder off the CD's root called something like
:

MyPCManufacturer\Drivers\Audio\

....if all you have is the XP Installation support disk from your
manufacturer.


Alternatively, most modern PCs have a recovery partition that re-sets the
system right back to the state on the day you bought it.

You usually access the recovery menu for this option by pressing a function
key as the PC starts.

But be sure to save any personal data files to a removable drive before
taking this route.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.