sound gone awol...

[Peter G]

reinstalled xp pro on laptop - says "no audio device" under sound properties
but under device manager "ess allegro pci audio" says driver is enabled but
not started - I've ticked "enable" but still no sound after restarting.

can you advise please?

 

[Guest]

reinstalled xp pro on laptop - says "no audio device" under sound properties
but under device manager "ess allegro pci audio" says driver is enabled but
not started - I've ticked "enable" but still no sound after restarting.

can you advise please?

I would suggest you check with the company that made the sound card or
the computer for an updated sound card driver for XP . I bet you'll
find they have an XP version for the sound card.

 

[bxf]

You've reinstalled XP, but did you reinstall the driver(s) for the
sound card?

Also, embedded somewhere within control panel > Sound > Audio(?) is a
pulldown where you can specify the preferred sound device to be used.
See what you have specified there and correct it if it's wrong.

 

[Guest]

I had a very similar problem. Try this: Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, Services, Windows Audio, Set it to Automatic on
Start-UP. Let me know if it works!