Re: Sound

Mara wrote:
I have installed a fresh copy of Xp Professional and now I do not
have any sound. It says that their is no audio device but I have
the speakers attached, another message says that I might not have a
sound card. Could someone help and if I need a sound card could
someone direct me how to establish on getting one. I am new at
this computer fixing thing but I learn quick.
Thanks to everyone who will help in advance.

Go to the manufacturer's web page for the sound device, download their
latest driver, install it.

You must know what sound card you have. Look on your receipt/invoice for
the computer - ask the people you bought the system from, open it up and
look, etc.

There are applications out there that can identify what hardware you have,
but I think they all depend on a properly installed system - as I think they
pull the information from the registry. Perhaps they do not - so I will
recommend you try one..

Belarc Advisor
http://belarc.com/free_download.html

Once you know what you have, what next? Go get the latest driver for your
hardware/OS from the manufacturer's web page. For example, let's say you
have an NVidia chipset video card or ATI video card, perhaps a Creative
Labs sound card or C-Media chipset sound card...

NVidia Video Card Drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

ATI Video Card Drivers
http://www.atitech.com/support/driver.html

Creative Labs Sound Device
http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

C-Media Sound Device
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/e_download_01.htm

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