sound

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I have new PC amd 2800, 512 ram and onboard sound/video

the video works but there is no sound.
the speakers are on with power and jack plugged in back 'gree hole'
I goto sounds in control panel, change to windows default and nothing.
i cant click on play button to test a sound, disabled. volume is up and
volume tab says no audio.

what do i do?

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"gp" <grum@invalid> wrote in message
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> I have new PC amd 2800, 512 ram and onboard sound/video
>
> the video works but there is no sound.
> the speakers are on with power and jack plugged in back 'gree hole'
> I goto sounds in control panel, change to windows default and nothing.
> i cant click on play button to test a sound, disabled. volume is up and
> volume tab says no audio.
>
> what do i do?
>
>
>
I am getting there are no active devices available, where can i install
these

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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Sounds like you need to install the sound card drivers. Did you recently
> reinstall the system?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "gp" <grum@invalid> wrote in message
> news:425f85bf$0$12415$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> >I have new PC amd 2800, 512 ram and onboard sound/video
> >
> > the video works but there is no sound.
> > the speakers are on with power and jack plugged in back 'gree hole'
> > I goto sounds in control panel, change to windows default and nothing.
> > i cant click on play button to test a sound, disabled. volume is up and
> > volume tab says no audio.
> >
> > what do i do?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
yes I did install dirivers and it works now thanks,

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