XP does not detect Sound device

[Guest]

I reformatted my computer recently, but ever since my computer does not
recognize my speakers. When I go to "Sounds and Audio Device" in Control
Panel, it tells me "No Audio Device".

Prior to the reformat, my sound worked fine. What can I do?

 

[Malke]

I reformatted my computer recently, but ever since my computer does
not recognize my speakers. When I go to "Sounds and Audio Device" in
Control Panel, it tells me "No Audio Device".

Prior to the reformat, my sound worked fine. What can I do?

What sound hardware do you have? If it is onboard, did you install your
motherboard drivers?

Malke

 

[Guest]

If you did a repair install, you should be able to direct windows add
hardware wiz to your sound card folder or C:\windows\system32 folder etc.. If
you did indeed reformat and are installing a new copy of XP, you will need to
treat the install as a new build. In that case, be sure to use your mobo's
setup disk and install the chipset drivers first then all the rest ie sound,
USB etc..

j;-j