NO SOUND!!

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I reinstalled windows XPP I do not have my Driver disks and i now have no
sound..how do i find out what driver i need??
Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Also keep in mind that a lot of 'audio cards' are built into the
motherboard. So if this is the case and you can find the motherboard model
and manufacturer there's a very good chance they will have the driver on
their website.


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Raeligh wrote:
>> I reinstalled windows XPP I do not have my Driver disks and i now
>> have no sound..how do i find out what driver i need??
>
> Things to think of before... eh?
>
> Well, you either open your computer, look on a receipt, or contact those
> you purchased it from. You could (if a Dell or some similar big - name)
> likely use the Serial number off of it on their web page and get the specs
> and drivers that way.
>
> 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 two different ones:
>
> EVEREST Home Edition
> http://www.lavalys.com/products/do [...] n&pageid=3
>
> 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
>
> Good luck!
>
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