Hi all, I recently reformatted my pc as it started playing up and had loads of crap on it anyway, but ever since windows has been reinstalled my speakers are not working. I have reinstalled the sound drivers for my motherboard but an audio device is still not being recognised. Any ideas? thanks, cam.
Check the device manager, if the audio chipset has a qustion mark or a red cross then the drivers arent there, from there you can make that device update its driver, if you have the disc handy. Also was this a re-install of the previous OS, or was this a clean install of a newer OS, like XP to vista?
yes this was a reinstall of the previous os xp, in the device manager I cant even see anything called audio chipset, only audio and game controllers?
Check the bios to see if the onboard sound is enabled, you could also try buying a soundcard, its worth installing the sound drivers again, i had similar problem.
I've encountered this problem with eMachines, Dells, and Gateways after an XP reload. The motherboard audio codecs just disappear. Go here and get CCCP. http://www.cccp-project.net/ all the codecs a man or woman or modder could want. It fixed all the systems I had trouble with until Vista. Different animal john
I encountered a similar problem before, and found that getting a pci soundcard was the way that had the least hassle.
I would recommend installing KB888111, which is a High Definition Audio class driver. Once you install this, I am willing to bet you will see your audio device(s) show up in the device manager. You can either contact Microsoft for it, or you can find it on a third-party website. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111 Gman22
Make sure your audio on your system is set to be "speakers" and not something like digital output. Everytime I reinstall windows winamp doesn't work, and its because I need to set it to use the same output as my realtek drivers are using, which is also my speakers.
