I cannot play audio CDs as I get an message saying that there is no sound device installed. This was working a few days ago but somehow got corrupted. I have tried all the troubleshooting feature with no results. In the control panel sounds settings, everything is greyed out with a No Audio Device message. I also have multiple listings of Audio Codecs and Media Control Devices on my Device Manager. One of the troubleshooting steps was to remove the duplicates but I am not able to do so. Anyone have any ideas for me? I have already tried system restore (both windows and Ei systems) with no results. Help!!!
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ok do this
start>right click my computer>hit properties>hardware>device manager
is there any audio device listed there? if so does it have a yellow excalmation mark next to it?
start>right click my computer>hit properties>hardware>device manager
is there any audio device listed there? if so does it have a yellow excalmation mark next to it?
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Sorry Chelsea, not listed there on mine either ... however;
Go to Start / Control Panel ... in Catergory View ... Sound Speech & Audio Devices /Sound & Audio Devices / Audio tab ... what is listed there please?
Go to Start / Control Panel ... in Catergory View ... Sound Speech & Audio Devices /Sound & Audio Devices / Audio tab ... what is listed there please?
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muckshifter said:
I have some listed i see my sound card and co listen in there maybe i wasnt that ddirect it is under sound video and game controllers
Checked all the devices listed and everything is enabled and functioning. I do however have 3 media control devices and 2 audio codecs listed. Troubleshooter says this migth be a problem but device manager will not let me uninstall this. Any other suggestions?itsme said:No. Click the sound cross, in the drop down list right click on each one and Go to properties check that they are working?
Everything is grey and nothing works. I cannot use any of the drop down menus or click on anything.muckshifter said:Sorry Chelsea, not listed there on mine either ... however;
Go to Start / Control Panel ... in Catergory View ... Sound Speech & Audio Devices /Sound & Audio Devices / Audio tab ... what is listed there please?
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Then it is a hardware problem ... sorry.jenna142 said:
Which Ei system is this?
Ei 302 with a RealTek AC'97 Audio sound card. It worked yesterday so don't know what happened. Downloaded new drivers for the card and uninstalled/reinstalled several times with no result. What do you suggest if its a hardware problem?muckshifter said:Then it is a hardware problem ... sorry.
Which Ei system is this?
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err, yes.jenna142 said:
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This problem was due to the Plug and Play Software enumerator not running.
The solution is described at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1066427444 and I repeat the brief version below (you need to reinstall the driver swenum.sys but first you must create a .inf file for it):
Go into the BIOS, disable the onboard sound, restart the PC ... uninstall all sound anything, install CCleaner and run it ... re-enable the onboard sound and reinstall the drivers.
The solution is described at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1066427444 and I repeat the brief version below (you need to reinstall the driver swenum.sys but first you must create a .inf file for it):
Failing that ...
Go into the BIOS, disable the onboard sound, restart the PC ... uninstall all sound anything, install CCleaner and run it ... re-enable the onboard sound and reinstall the drivers.