No sound, not sure if sound device is even installed

[graylien]

I re-installed windows XP home edition, and right now I
can't hear any sound.

The only sound I hear is a "beep" noise from my computer
(NOT speakers).

When I try to play an audio file it give me and error
message that my sound device is not installed or its not
funcioning properly.

When I go to Sounds and Audio Devices in Control panel,
everything is greyed out. I can't change any options.

Thanks for any help

 

[Rich Barry]

You have to reinstall your sound device drivers. Whether it's a sound
card or integrated sound chip on Motherboard.
If the computer came with a software CD see if the drivers are on
there.

 

[graylien]

I found where the install files for the sound devices
are. But when I try to install it says it can't detect
the sound card.

 

[Rich Barry]

Rt click MyComputer>Select Prop>Hardware>Device Manager>Sound,Video and
Game Controllers. Click on +
and see what shows up. If any yellow marks next to devices try rt
clicking and uninstalling all of them. Then restart and
let WinXP reinstall them.

 

[Guest]

I have the exact same symptoms but it may not be the same problem. Only i go to the hardware are of sounds in control panel and it says everything is working fine. i have avance Ac97 audio, what should i do it says no driver is installed it worked fine the day b4. I think i need to re-install drivers.

 

[dev]

I have the exact same symptoms but it may not be the same problem. Only i go to the hardware are of sounds in control panel and it says everything is working fine. i have avance Ac97 audio, what should i do it says no driver is installed it worked fine the day b4. I think i need to re-install drivers.

Check this out first...

http://kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

"Where have my sounds gone?"

 

[Guest]

hi there is no sound in my computer i dont know what to do to fix it ,. thnx for your help

 

[roger]

Hi Bonna,

hi there is no sound in my computer i dont know what to do to fix it ,. thnx for your help

Sound troubleshooter in Kelly's site
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Resources for Troubleshooting Sound Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307918

Good luck

 

[Guest]

I've just encountered this problem after having some driver hiccups when I
installed XP Pro.
I have tried every single driver on the web for my onboard mobo audio chip,
and nothing seems to make it work...the drivers seem to be fine, but whenever
I go to Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices, everything is grayed out,
and it says 'No Audio Device'...
I have tried reinstalling DirectX, I have trawled the registry, I have tried
system restore, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling my drivers.
I've even tried putting a stand-alone PCI sound card in my computer - the
drivers were installed fine, but Windows still wouldn't admit that there was
an 'Audio Device' installed.

Basically, I have tried everything short of reinstalling my OS, and nothing
works...

Any help on this matter from an MS emplyee or anyone else would be greatly
appreciated

DrBob

 

[Guest]

I just got a new HP pavilion laptop. The first day, it was defective, so I
reinstalled everything when I should've just returned it. But
anyways...there's no sound device installed in the laptop. I don't even know
what a sound device is. How do I get a sound device to install? It's not in
any of the CD's that came with the notebook. Is it an external thing where I
have to connect it to the notebook, or an internal thing where I have to
download it from the web or something. Do they sell it in stores?

 

[Guest]

I re-installed windows XP home edition, and right now I
can't hear any sound.

The only sound I hear is a "beep" noise from my computer
(NOT speakers).

When I try to play an audio file it give me and error
message that my sound device is not installed or its not
funcioning properly.

When I go to Sounds and Audio Devices in Control panel,
everything is greyed out. I can't change any options.

Thanks for any help

 

[Guest]

You are describing exactly the same problem I have encountered, albeit some
time later.

Did you ever get any help with your sounds?

John Masterson
Austin, Texas, USA

PS: Do you know another, now dead, Dr. Bob from Akron, Ohio?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried another slot, and/or making sure it was fully seated?

 

[Guest]

A sound device, as refered to here, is usually either a sound card or a
function the motherboard has onboard. It's internal to your computer and if
you just got the computer it probably has one. Try finding a cd that says
audio or sound on it. If you don't have one of those, try finding one that
says something about drivers. If all else fails, use the system restore disk
included with your computer. Once you find one or multiple of these, put it
in your drive and open it up. If you found an audio cd, just look for a file
called setup.exe and run it. This should install the drivers you need. If
you found a driver disk or had to use the system restore disk look for a
folder called sound or audio. Open this folder and run the setup.exe file.

If you try the above and you run into snags or it doesn't work, run the Help
& Support program found on your start menu. It can at least narrow down what
you need to do.

 

[Guest]

1) If no drivers are installed, try going to Control Panel:System and click
on the Device Manager button. Double click on the Sound, video and game
controllers listing in the window that pops up. Select your video card from
that list (if it appears) and update your driver with the button at the top
of the window.

2) If your problems aren't fixed, try rolling back your driver. If you
actually recieved an update from the above attempt, you'll likely have to
roll it back multiple times. To do this, goto Control Panel:Sound and Audio
Devices and select your sound card from the list on the Hardware tab. Click
the Properties button for it and goto the Driver tab. There should be a
button that says "Roll Back Driver." If that is greyed out our doesn't
work....

3) Just reinstall your drivers. It won't cause any data loss other than
your sound settings, so there's not much to worry about. You can either
click the uninstall button next to the "Roll Back Driver" button, or go back
to the Device Manager (Control Panel:Systemevice Manager button),reselect
your sound card from under Sound, video, and game controllers, and click the
uninstal button at the top of the screen. You'll have to restart your
computer, but windows should autodetect your sound card when you start up.

 

[Guest]

Run Help & Support from your start menu, and work from there.