Re: No audio device

HP like many other OEM manufacturers are proprietary systems which have modified setups for hardware/software. The Pavilion a320n uses the Realtek AC'97 audio and Nvidia graphics.

You can find/obtain the latest updates as well as the original hardware drivers and software installed:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=364171&lang=en

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"RipperT @nOsPaM.nEt>" <<RiPpErT> wrote in message news:%23BgmLoKqHHA.3892@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I see many posts, but none that have addressed my problem.

A clients computer (HP Pavilion a320n - XP Home SP2) shows no sound device in Sounds and Audio Devices Properties. I have:

Installed the correct drivers for the on-board sound (mobo: ASUS A7N8X-LA )
Checked that there are no conflicts in device manager
Ensured that on-board audio is enabled in the BIOS
Ensured Windows Audio Service is running
Run full anti virus scans (AVG & Norton), Spybot and Adaware

Curiously, the audio tab of Properties shows the nVidia nForce Audio Codec Interface for the recording device but "no playback device". In safe mode, the audio tab shows "no recording device" and "no playback device".

This is as far as I am able to go at this point. Not that these have anything to do with the problem, but Norton live update will not connect to it's server and errors out. Windows update will not connect to the Microsoft site so I cannot update Windows. Otherwise, I have a good internet connections. Safe mode with networking does not have networking for reasons unknown at this point. I have been at this for hours. Please help and thanks in advance.

Ripper T




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