No sound

[calabash30]

I've been almost a month without sound on my computer. It started in
December when I moved my computer and installed a second CD-Rom drive.
Up to this point everything was working perfectly. I have Windows XP
SP2. My soundcard is a SoundBlaster Live! card. I got some help from a
tech support site last month, and we tried pretty much everything
before finally coming to the conclusion that the card was bad. I've
since purchased a brand new (NOS) SoundBlaster Live! audio card which
I installed over the weekend. I still can't get any sound from my
computer! I have installed, uninstalled and reinstalled the latest
driver AND patch several times to no avail. I've also tried moving the
card to a different slot, but nothing seems to be working. What's
more, when I activate my onboard audio through bios IT isn't producing
any sound either. I've gone to "Device Manager" and checked the
"properties" for my hardware and drivers and it says that everything
is working properly. Here's the message that pops up when I enable or
disable my Soundblaster card:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/totalrod2/Deviceinstallererror-1.png?t=1231193031
I'm at my wits end. What else could be causing my computer to not have
any sound?
Bryan

 

[Don Phillipson]

I've been almost a month without sound on my computer. It started in
December when I moved my computer and installed a second CD-Rom drive.
Up to this point everything was working perfectly. I have Windows XP
SP2. My soundcard is a SoundBlaster Live! card. I got some help from a
tech support site last month, and we tried pretty much everything
before finally coming to the conclusion that the card was bad. I've
since purchased a brand new (NOS) SoundBlaster Live! audio card which
I installed over the weekend. I still can't get any sound from my
computer! I have installed, uninstalled and reinstalled the latest
driver AND patch several times to no avail. I've also tried moving the
card to a different slot, but nothing seems to be working. What's
more, when I activate my onboard audio through bios IT isn't producing
any sound either. I've gone to "Device Manager" and checked the
"properties" for my hardware and drivers and it says that everything
is working properly. Here's the message that pops up when I enable or
disable my Soundblaster card:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/totalrod2/Deviceinstallererror-1.png?t=1231193031
I'm at my wits end. What else could be causing my computer to not have
any sound?

Because there are so many possible causes (from dead speakers
to wrong software drivers) sound problems require a formal lists
of tests and results (presented as flowcharts on pp. 34-35 of
Que's PC Help Desk in a Book, recommended.) When you
have made a list post early test results here e.g.
1. External speakers tested OK on another PC
2. Sound control software unmuted
and so on.

 

[calabash30]

This is unbelievable. At the risk of looking like a total moron, I
thought I'd share with you how I fixed this problem. I went to my
father's to see why his SoundBlaster card is working and mine isn't.
It turned out to be something really minor. His speakers were plugged
into the green jack (A), I was plugging mine into the blue one (B) SEE
PICTURE:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/totalrod2/Soundcard.png?t=1231445495
It never occurred to me to use the green jack because since building
this computer in January 2008, I have ALWAYS used the blue one for my
speakers! I have no idea what the hell happened, I'm just glad to
finally have sound again.
Bryan

 

[smlunatick]

This is unbelievable. At the risk of looking like a total moron, I
thought I'd share with you how I fixed this problem. I went to my
father's to see why his SoundBlaster card is working and mine isn't.
It turned out to be something really minor. His speakers were plugged
into the green jack (A), I was plugging mine into the blue one (B) SEE
PICTURE:http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/totalrod2/Soundcard.png?t=12314...
It never occurred to me to use the green jack because since building
this computer in January 2008, I have ALWAYS used the blue one for my
speakers! I have no idea what the hell happened, I'm just glad to
finally have sound again.
Bryan

Green jack = amplified sound for speakers
Blue jack = audio line out -- usually for sending sound to stereo pre-
amp.