Difficult Sound Issue

[DB]

I'm running Win XP Pro on a pentium 4 notebook running 512 meg SD ram

Sound has always been fine but a week ago I lost all sound, including boot
up sound. WMP appears to play but there is no sound on either the speakers
or the output socket. I have tried all the usual things;

1) checked that nothing is muted in the volume control
2) unistalled sound driver and reinstalled
3) even uninstalled all sound codecs and reinstalled
4) I tried to restore the system to a time it was working fine, several
times, and it would go thru the process but then state that it could not be
restored and nothing had changed.

I have googled but not found anything relevant and am thinking that I must
reinstall the O/S

Can any one give me anything else to try before I do that drastic move

Dave

 

[anon]

Are services for Windows Audio set to automatic?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dave,

Try the 6th FAQ section here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Courtesy MVP Kelly.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Gene K]

I'm running Win XP Pro on a pentium 4 notebook running 512 meg SD ram

Sound has always been fine but a week ago I lost all sound, including boot
up sound. WMP appears to play but there is no sound on either the speakers
or the output socket. I have tried all the usual things;

1) checked that nothing is muted in the volume control
2) unistalled sound driver and reinstalled
3) even uninstalled all sound codecs and reinstalled
4) I tried to restore the system to a time it was working fine, several
times, and it would go thru the process but then state that it could not be
restored and nothing had changed.

I have googled but not found anything relevant and am thinking that I must
reinstall the O/S

Can any one give me anything else to try before I do that drastic move

Dave

In addition to the things in the other replies,
A. Most Speaker Systems have an on/off switch. Is it switched on?
B. Check the the Cables. Unplug each end from the jack and re-connect.
C. My Speakers have an independent volume control mounted on one of the
speakers. How about yours?
Gene K

 

[DB]

Are services for Windows Audio set to automatic?

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yep and they have started OK....

 

[DB]

In addition to the things in the other replies,
A. Most Speaker Systems have an on/off switch. Is it switched on?
B. Check the the Cables. Unplug each end from the jack and re-connect.
C. My Speakers have an independent volume control mounted on one of the
speakers. How about yours?
Gene K

its a laptop, neither the internal speakers or the output sockets work

any other ideas?

thanks

 

[DB]

Hi Dave,

Try the 6th FAQ section here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Courtesy MVP Kelly.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

thanks mate all fixed, not sure what I tried that fixed it - but its working
now

cheers

Nutcase