Girlfriend's sound has ceased to work

Anjow · 09-17-06, 12:19 PM

She's on XP Pro SP1 on a:

Asus A7V8X
Sempron 2400+
256MB DDR333
FX5200

The sound is onboard Realtek AC97, I installed the drivers for it before the summer and it worked fine, it was then not used for around 4 months whilst we were home from uni. Now we're back, she's tried plugging her speakers (working fine - tried connecting to TV and no probs) and no sound seems to come from the machine. I've looked in volume control and nothing's muted, I've tried more than one sound-producing application and I am out of ideas. I've looked in device manager and there are no yellow (!) anywhere.

Sound isn't my area so I'm not sure what else I should try. Could anyone help please?

DvBoard · 09-17-06, 01:41 PM

Double check that they are plugged into the correct port is where i would start with this. I know it sounds kinda stupid, but we need to eliminate possibilities...

btw when i read the title i thought you where calling your computer your gf

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Anjow · 09-17-06, 01:42 PM

I have plugged them into all available ports there, none of which do anything.

Dreamstalker · 09-17-06, 02:32 PM

I would try updating the Realtek drivers.

FTR, I'm having the same problem with my A8V and have not hit upon a solution yet (other than to just get a new soundcard)

schnikies79 · 09-17-06, 03:07 PM

try using the restore feature from a time that it you know it worked. fixed the same problem with my sister's computer.

R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3 · 09-17-06, 03:32 PM

along the lines of what Dreamstalker suggested, you can also try reinstalling the sound drivers and software

09-17-06, 12:19 PM	Thread Starter #1
Anjow Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UKbiquitous	Girlfriend's sound has ceased to work She's on XP Pro SP1 on a: Asus A7V8X Sempron 2400+ 256MB DDR333 FX5200 The sound is onboard Realtek AC97, I installed the drivers for it before the summer and it worked fine, it was then not used for around 4 months whilst we were home from uni. Now we're back, she's tried plugging her speakers (working fine - tried connecting to TV and no probs) and no sound seems to come from the machine. I've looked in volume control and nothing's muted, I've tried more than one sound-producing application and I am out of ideas. I've looked in device manager and there are no yellow (!) anywhere. Sound isn't my area so I'm not sure what else I should try. Could anyone help please? __________________ A64 X2 4200+, 2GB DDR800 Sapphire 2900XT (after 4 8800GTXs died on me) 3x 22" LG TFTs, Vista Ultimate Blaming violence on games is like blaming obesity on spoons Down with DRM, stop punishing the legitimate consumer
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09-17-06, 01:41 PM	#2
DvBoard Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mars	Double check that they are plugged into the correct port is where i would start with this. I know it sounds kinda stupid, but we need to eliminate possibilities... btw when i read the title i thought you where calling your computer your gf . __________________ Dead CPU:Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood) 2400MHz with the 533MHz Bus Speed.; Mobo:First International Computer, Inc. (FIC) Motherboard, model: VI13, Chipset: Sis645DX, BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD version 6.00PG; GPU:ATi Radeon 9000Pro (128MB) Video card (4x AGP); RAM:1 stick 512MB PC2700 (166MHz) Xerox RAM; 1 stick 512MB PC3200 (200MHz) Corsair RAM; HD's:WD 250 Gig HD (x2); Optical:Lite-On DVD+/-RW, DVD-Rom; PSU:Antec SL400; OS:Windows XP Current Rig CPU:E6600; Mobo:Asus P5B Deluxe; GPU:ATi Radeon HD 4870 w/1GB GDDR5 (PCI Express); RAM: (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 DDR2 Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400PRO & (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 DDR2 Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400; HD's:(2x 320GB) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA Drive & (2x 500GB) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA Drive & (2x 250GB) WD IDE Drive; Optical: Lite-on SATA DVD +/- RW & Lite-on IDE DVD +/- RW; PSU:Corsair 520HX; OS:XP; Case:Thermaltake Armor;
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09-17-06, 01:42 PM	Thread Starter #3
Anjow Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UKbiquitous	I have plugged them into all available ports there, none of which do anything. __________________ A64 X2 4200+, 2GB DDR800 Sapphire 2900XT (after 4 8800GTXs died on me) 3x 22" LG TFTs, Vista Ultimate Blaming violence on games is like blaming obesity on spoons Down with DRM, stop punishing the legitimate consumer
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09-17-06, 02:32 PM	#4
Dreamstalker Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brookline, MA	I would try updating the Realtek drivers. FTR, I'm having the same problem with my A8V and have not hit upon a solution yet (other than to just get a new soundcard) __________________ "allright, i am declaring myself a sovereign nation...." --orionlion82 "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own." --The Prisoner My Heatware Navi 2.0 under construction
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09-17-06, 03:07 PM	#5
schnikies79 Member Join Date: Jul 2004	try using the restore feature from a time that it you know it worked. fixed the same problem with my sister's computer. __________________ Gave up messing with computers for a bit. It's just my Macbook and my iPhone. :) Poop!
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09-17-06, 03:32 PM	#6
R4z0r4mu5 Pr\|m3 Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New York	along the lines of what Dreamstalker suggested, you can also try reinstalling the sound drivers and software
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