Sound

Unknown · Jul 11, 2008

A friend has no sound on his Compac desktop.. In control panel, systems,
hardware, device manager, when sound and game controllers is expanded the
sound driver is disabled. Right clicking to get the drop down menu has no
'enable' to put
a check on and therefore cannot be enabled. I'm stumped. Anyone any idea?
Bios setting?? Registry bad?
Sound driver is latest version from manufacturer. This occurred when
restoring system to state it was in when bought.
Thanks!

RJK · Jul 11, 2008

Onboard sound chip, (originally perhaps), then later a PCI sound card added
?
If so, onboard sound chip needs to be switched off in bios.

regards, Richard

dadiOH · Jul 12, 2008

Unknown said:
A friend has no sound on his Compac desktop.. In control panel,
systems, hardware, device manager, when sound and game controllers is
expanded the sound driver is disabled. Right clicking to get the drop
down menu has no 'enable' to put
a check on and therefore cannot be enabled. I'm stumped. Anyone any
idea? Bios setting?? Registry bad?
Sound driver is latest version from manufacturer. This occurred when
restoring system to state it was in when bought.
Thanks!

Install a mixer.

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Unknown · Jul 12, 2008

Sound card NOT added. No way to enable sound driver.

Unknown · Jul 12, 2008

But how is sound driver enabled???

dadiOH said:
Install a mixer.

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dadiOH · Jul 13, 2008

Unknown said:
But how is sound driver enabled???

1. When booting the machine, press whatever key the machine uses to enter
the BIOS set up. The initial boot screen normally tells you what key to
press. If you want to pause the screen so you can read, press the
Pause/Break key; press Escape to continue. Once in BIOS set up, use the
arrow keys to navigate, find the setting for the sound and assure it is
enabled. Follow on screen instructions to exit.

2. Assure that a sound driver is actually installed via its
details/properties in Device Manager.

3. Install a mixer so the sound driver(s) can be utilized.

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dadiOH · Jul 13, 2008

dadiOH said:
1. When booting the machine, press whatever key the machine uses to
enter the BIOS set up. The initial boot screen normally tells you
what key to press. If you want to pause the screen so you can read,
press the Pause/Break key; press Escape to continue. Once in BIOS
set up, use the arrow keys to navigate, find the setting for the
sound and assure it is enabled. Follow on screen instructions to
exit.
2. Assure that a sound driver is actually installed via its
details/properties in Device Manager.

3. Install a mixer so the sound driver(s) can be utilized.

Note: if you had an added sound card you would want to DISABLE the BIOS
sound.

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Unknown · Jul 13, 2008

This was done. Drivers were updated and reinstalled. However in device
manager, with sound and game controllers expanded, right clicking on
'Realtek' (audio driver) there is no item in the dropdown menu to 'enable'
the driver.

dadiOH · Jul 13, 2008

Unknown said:
This was done. Drivers were updated and reinstalled.

And do you also have a freakin' mixer??

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Unknown · Jul 14, 2008

Excuse my stupidity. How do I check? Where can I get one if needed? Does one
come with XP? Can this problem be fixed without buying a sound card? Thanks
for your help.

dadiOH · Jul 14, 2008

Unknown said:
Excuse my stupidity. How do I check?

Control Panel, Sounds & Audio Devices, Audio tab
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Where can I get one if needed?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...oi=revisions_inline&resnum=6&ct=revision&cd=1
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Does one come with XP? Can this problem be fixed without buying a
sound card?

I've always had a card but on board sound would be useless if it couldn't
(be fixed/used).
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Unknown · Jul 15, 2008

There is no indication of a mixer there (on my computer) My system uses
SoundMax for the audio driver. My friends
computer uses RealTek for the audio driver. These are listed under 'default
device'.

dadiOH · Jul 16, 2008

Unknown said:
There is no indication of a mixer there (on my computer) My system
uses SoundMax for the audio driver. My friends
computer uses RealTek for the audio driver. These are listed under
'default device'.

Push the button under "Sound playback" that says "Volume". What happens?

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dadiOH · Jul 16, 2008

dadiOH said:
Push the button under "Sound playback" that says "Volume". What
happens?

Also, here is a link to RealTec's pdf instructions on installing their
drivers * AND SOFTWARE*. Driver alone won't do it.
ftp://202.65.194.212/pc/audio/A404_Readme.pdf

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Unknown · Jul 16, 2008

Thanks very much. Maybe the instructions will solve the problem. Let you
know.

Unknown · Jul 16, 2008

Mixer is there on my machine---I'll have to ask my friend. Driver and mixer
one and the same?

dadiOH · Jul 16, 2008

Unknown said:
Mixer is there on my machine---I'll have to ask my friend. Driver and
mixer one and the same?

No no no. Basically, user programs use mixer, mixer uses driver.

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