Re: Multimedia Audio Controller missing?

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Laura wrote:

I have a question about the sound on my computer. My sound was fine
yesterday, then when I turned on my computer today, it says that my audio
controller is missing and to reinstall with the CD. I don't have a CD for
it and don't think I ever did. Is there anything I can do to bring my
sound back? I have Windows XP. Thanks!

If you made no changes - software or hardware - since yesterday, first try a
System Restore back to when things worked (yesterday or the day before).

Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

If that doesn't help, then reinstall your sound card drivers. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM computer
(HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific model
machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor or System Information for Windows.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows

If a System Restore and installing the drivers doesn't work, your sound card
may have died. If you have a desktop machine, you can replace the sound
card with a new one. They are quite inexpensive. If this is a laptop, it
would need to go back to the laptop mftr. for repairs.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

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