No Audio Detected after Re installing Windows XP

No Audio Detected after Re installing Windows XP

Hi kejin,

When you install new operating system to your computer, some of the driver is not well set. So, you have to check all the drivers one by one if some of it doesn't set yet. Here's some methods to set your sound driver. Hope by this solutions will fix your problem.

Maybe your sound card was turned off:

To activate these "features":

-Go to start.
-Click control panel.
-Select sounds, speech and audio device.
-Then select sounds and audio devices.
-In the dialog box select Hardware tab.
-Your sound card should be listed.
-So, click the sound card device then click Properties.
-Go to Properties tab.
-Check the "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device" check box.
-And click OK.
-Then restart computer.

Reinstall Sound device:

Follow this steps:

-Right click My Computer and click Manage.
-Go to Device Manager, right click your audio driver and select uninstall.
-Then on Action tab click Update Driver, it will automatically detect the driver that need to update or install.
-Then restart your computer.

Turn on the Windows Audio. How?

Follow the steps:

-Go to Start,
-Click Run then type – services.msc.
-Scroll it down then look for Window Audio.
-Click on it then right click and select START to turn in on.
-Then reboot your computer.

Default the Sound playback.

Follow this other methods:

-Go to start and click Control Panel.
-Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio devices then click Sounds & Audio Devices Icon.
-On Audio tab look the Sound playback, make sure the Default device correctly reflects your sound card. Then click OK.

Verify your sound device driver.

Open the Device Manager. Follow the steps:

-Click Start then click Control Panel.
-Select Performance and Maintenance, then click System.
-At the System Properties dialog box, select the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager.
-Click twice Sound, video and game controllers, then notice whether your sound device is at the lists.
-If it is listed, right click then click Properties.
-Click Driver tab then check Driver Provider, the Driver Date and the Driver Version.
-Check the Digital Signer, If nothing is listed maybe it's the Driver that cause the problem.

Try the Sound Troubleshooter, it may also help to solve your problem.

Here's how:

-Click Start, open Control Panel.
-Select Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices.
-Click Sounds and Audio Device.
-Select the Hardware tab.
-On the left side you can see "Troubleshooters", click Sound to open the Sound Troubleshooter.
-Questions will appear, just select the answers in radio button which you encountered.

Check for other hardware conflicts and devices that are turned off.

Open Device Manager. Follow the steps:

-Click Start then click Control Panel.
-Select Performance and Maintenance click System then Double click the Sound, video and game controllers.
-Look for exclamation point sign (!) in a yellow circle or a red 'X'.
-Yellow exclamation point, it indicates hardware conflict.
-To troubleshoot this issue, go to the Hardware troubleshooter then click "I need to resolve a hardware conflict on my computer".
-The symbol red "X" indicates that the device is turned off.

How to turn on a device? Follow this steps:

-Start, Device Manager, right click the device marked with red "X," then click Properties.
-Under the Device usage, choose Use this device (enable) then click OK.
-Then restart your computer.

Check the volume control settings.
By checking it, open the volume control window.

Follow this steps:

-Go to start, all programs, accessories, entertainment then click volume control.
-Then on Options tab click Advanced Control.
-Check all the boxes of volume and mute settings. If some of the mute check boxes are checked, then uncheck them.

Update the sound driver. Here's the step:

-Go to start, open Control Panel.
-Click and select Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices.
-Click Sounds and Audio Device.
-Go to Hardware tab click properties.
-Select Driver Tab and click Update driver.
-Select Yes, this time only and click next. It will automatically look for the updates.
-And after installing the new driver, restart your computer.

Try to change you sound driver. Download the updated sound driver Realtek Ac'97 5.10.0.5420. Go to this site then download the driver.

• http://download.cnet.com/archive/3000-2056_4-210273.html