No Sound For Pc??

[Devon]

I recently reformatted the hardrive on my PC using an XP Media Centre
edition CD that i got with a laptop i bought. Since ive reloaded the
computer i can't seem to get any sound. Ive tried using windows update
to get the driver for the sound card, and have used the company website
for the sound card to get the driver.. with no change. Ive uninstalled
the sound card and re installed with no change? Can anyone suggest
anything? Is it to do with the Windows i loaded?
thanks

 

[paulmd]

I recently reformatted the hardrive on my PC using an XP Media Centre
edition CD that i got with a laptop i bought. Since ive reloaded the
computer i can't seem to get any sound. Ive tried using windows update
to get the driver for the sound card, and have used the company website
for the sound card to get the driver.. with no change. Ive uninstalled
the sound card and re installed with no change? Can anyone suggest
anything? Is it to do with the Windows i loaded?
thanks

Sounds like a "wrong driver/no driver" issue. If your computer came
with a drivers disk, use it.

Next try the manufacturor of your laptop's web site.

After that, use a system identification tool (aida32, everest) to find
out who made your card, and what model it is. And hit the sound card
driver's website.

Absolute last resort: driverguide.com

So: what make/model laptop?

 

[Jim Macklin]

Let me guess, the XP Media Center CD is not the software
that came with that PC?


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| I recently reformatted the hardrive on my PC using an XP
Media Centre
| edition CD that i got with a laptop i bought. Since ive
reloaded the
| computer i can't seem to get any sound. Ive tried using
windows update
| to get the driver for the sound card, and have used the
company website
| for the sound card to get the driver.. with no change. Ive
uninstalled
| the sound card and re installed with no change? Can anyone
suggest
| anything? Is it to do with the Windows i loaded?
| thanks
|
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| Devon

 

[Bob I]

You will need to get the correct Windows CD for the laptop, the XP Media
Centre edition CD isn't the correct one.