Sound Problems Windows XP Home

[Guest]

I have a problem which has been bugging me now for some time. I have a Time
Notebook VT8372 AMD Athlon 1600+ running Windows XP Home SP2 and the sound
has suddenly disappeared. All options in Sounds and Audio Devices in Control
Panel are greyed out and while I can see my Device on the Hardware Tab, when
I it the `Apply` button remains greyed out so I cannot select it. To date I
have tried the following:

1. Checked for sound settings in BIOS - no sound options are presented
2. Checked the Windows Audio Service is Running - it is and set to Automatic
3. Checked Device Manager - Sounds, Games and Video Controller section and
everything shows OK with drivers enabled. The Properties section of my driver
shows Audio, Midi and Mixer devices are all enabled - started but not running.
4. Have uninstalled all sound drivers in Safe Mode and let Windows reinstall
on reboot which it does. But the result is still the same. My Audio Driver
is a:
Vinyl AC`97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM) updated from the Windows Update site.
This driver uses IRQ5 with four other processes but there are no conflicts
indicated.
5. I have run msinfo32 and there are no problem devices.

My system tray has Zone Alarm Pro, NAV 2005, Microsoft AntiSpyware and InCd
from Nero.

I would be very grateful if anyone can help me with this issues please.

 

[Malke]

I have a problem which has been bugging me now for some time. I have a
Time Notebook VT8372 AMD Athlon 1600+ running Windows XP Home SP2 and
the sound has suddenly disappeared. All options in Sounds and Audio
Devices in Control Panel are greyed out and while I can see my Device
on the Hardware Tab, when
I it the `Apply` button remains greyed out so I cannot select it. To
date I have tried the following:

1. Checked for sound settings in BIOS - no sound options are presented
2. Checked the Windows Audio Service is Running - it is and set to
Automatic 3. Checked Device Manager - Sounds, Games and Video
Controller section and everything shows OK with drivers enabled. The
Properties section of my driver shows Audio, Midi and Mixer devices
are all enabled - started but not running. 4. Have uninstalled all
sound drivers in Safe Mode and let Windows reinstall
on reboot which it does. But the result is still the same. My Audio
Driver is a:
Vinyl AC`97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM) updated from the Windows Update
site. This driver uses IRQ5 with four other processes but there are no
conflicts indicated.
5. I have run msinfo32 and there are no problem devices.

My system tray has Zone Alarm Pro, NAV 2005, Microsoft AntiSpyware and
InCd from Nero.

I would be very grateful if anyone can help me with this issues
please.

Two things to try:

1. Go to MVP Kelly Theriot's website here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

Look at the Top Ten - "Where did my sounds go?" and see if that solves
your issue.

2. If #1 doesn't work, either update your Nero InCD or uninstall it;
earlier versions caused problems.

Malke

 

[S.Sengupta]

See if it helps:-
'Where did my Sounds go?'
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP