I cannot get my sound back..... :(

[Charles...]

Hi peeps....

My pc was working fine, has been for ages.....

I added a pci freeview tv card, i had to remove the modem which was in one
of those small slots right next to the spare pci slot so that I could fit
it.... all went normal.... tuner worked, sound worked, but that was
Monday....

yesterday I noticed my sound had disappeared & the tuner software had now
refused
to run, after trying all I could think of, I uninstalled & removed the
freeview card & refitted the modem, back to as it was...

still no change....

I reinstalled the sound driver for the onboard sound, but no change....

I look in 'control panel/Sounds & audio devices' it states 'no audio device'
& all is greyed out, under the other headings of audio & voice options I
seem to have 'modem #0 line playback' & 'modem #0 line record' & nothing
else to change to....

But... Under device manager the audio drivers are there & it also states the
device is working properly

I tried a system restore to prior to this, but it simply doesnt let it go
back to any....

even removed the sound driver again etc
even the voice modem too this time.... & let windows sort it out with net
access.... windows
found the devices... installed a driver too....

still, no change.... if I dig through audio driver properties I still get
'the device is working properly' but under its hardware properties part I
found 'driver is enabled but has not been started'..... ?@#!

I had reinstalled the driver I had used when I first setup the system,loadsa
times... I have also, in desperation tried other variants.... no luck
though....

Even tried someone elses solution here:
http://www.mcse.ms/archive61-2005-5-1069682.html but no luck there
neither....

I was tempted to go out & get a new card instead, but... I dont really want
to lose a pci slot, I only have 3, none really going spare.... typical



How on earth do I get round this crazy position... ? XP seems very stubborn
in its ways...

Hopefully someone out there can help...




btw, I have a 512mb p4 imedia 5064, which has the GA-8SIML rev 2.0 mobo,
onboard lan, sound, graphics....

 

[John Jay Smith]

1 put the cards where they were and

2 do a system restore...and confirm the pc is working as you want it to.

3 make a new restore point

4 then do your experiments - changes

 

[cmjaltx]

I have had problems with my Volume Control, it vanished and I searched for
the "Volume Control" using Google till I found one and tried that and it
successfully installed and my audio was restored. My Multimedia System has
Codecs, see your System Information File Program [In Click Start, Run and
type: MSINFO32 and click OK this popsup the System Information Tool and see
Components and Sound Device for details once its gathered the system info,
and see the Codecs installed (two types are (1) audio (2) video) [click
Multimedia under Components and select either], , also Windows Media Player
has codecs that can enhance its quality so when the sound card installed it
could be conflicting with whats installed and fails to overwrite the faulty
codec which would have to be removed by you first, Also DirectX is a major
operative in audio and video operations. You need run DirectX to see that
and set the card driver so its default. Run the DirectX Diagnostics tool,
Click Start, Run and type: dxdiag.exe

Another issue is "Incorrect File association settings".

You can fix the file association settings by using this command. Click
Start, Run and type:
%Systemroot%\INF\unregmp2.exe /SetWMPAsDefault

Note that this fixes the file associations, and sets Windows Media Player as
the default handler for all the audio and video file types.

Some difficult times: "Have you ever crunched your keyboard or spilled
anything onto it so the liquid went inside?"

Sounds and Audio Devices in Control Panel should show a mute button,
sure its not checked. There are speaker settings that a sound card could
mismanage supposing that you have no surround sound system and thats setup
so see that option advanced feature to change speaker types or a keyboard
speaker system and you have none, go to stereo. Speaker volume there is a
left and right slide control. Select for speakers Desktop stereo speakers,
whatever seems more likely to be a configuration problem slow down the audio
acceleration under performance from Full toward none at Standard using only
Directsound acceleration features, Basic is only for required acceleratioon
features. Program events have audio files to select from for each event and
upon completing that setup save to a Sound scheme which can also be deleted
if you desire lateron.

To verify that your sound device is turned on


1.. Open Device Manager.
2.. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers, right-click your sound
device, and then click Properties.

If you do not know the name of your sound device, consult the
documentation that came with it.
3.. Under Device usage, make sure that Use this device (enable) is
selected.
4.. Click OK.
5.. Restart your computer if you are prompted to do so.
6.. Note
a.. To open Device Manager, click Start, click Control Panel, click
Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. In the System Properties
dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
To verify that your sound device is the default device

1.. Open Sounds and Audio Devices Properties in Control Panel.
2.. On the Audio tab, click your sound device in the Default device lists
under both Sound Playback and Sound Recording.
3.. Note
a.. To open Sounds and Audio Devices Properties, click Start, click
Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click
Sounds and Audio Devices.
To verify that Windows is configured to use the audio features of your sound
device


1.. Open Device Manager.
2.. Double-click Sound, video, and game controllers.
3.. Double-click your sound device.
4.. Click the Properties tab, and then double-click Audio Devices.
5.. Click your sound device, and then click Properties.
6.. Click Use audio features on this device.
7.. Click OK until you return to Device Manager.
8.. Restart your computer.

To roll back or reinstall a driver

1.. Open Device Manager.
2.. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers, right-click your sound
device, and then click Properties.
3.. On the Driver tab, if the Roll Back Driver option is available, click
it to restore the last known good driver.
4.. If the Roll Back Driver option is unavailable or does not solve the
problem, there is no last known good driver. Reinstall the driver that came
with your sound device (you will need the disk that came with your sound
device):
1.. Click Update Driver.
2.. Click Install from a list or specific location, and then click Next.
3.. Click Don't search. I will choose the driver to install, and then
click Next.
4.. Click Have Disk, and then follow the instructions to install the
driver from your install disk.
Note
a.. To open Device Manager, click Start, click Control Panel, click
Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. In the System Properties
dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
I hope one of these methods works for you.

Mike

 

[Charles...]

I cannot restore to an earlier time, (as mentioned).....

So what would be the point of saving a new restore point at a stage where my
sound doesn't work.... ?