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Help me please!!!

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by articulatekitten, Oct 9, 2005.

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  1. Oct 9, 2005 at 3:40 AM #1
    articulatekitten

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    I'm a techno-idiot in need of guidance.

    Some time back my hard drive died; & by sheer luck & perseverence, I managed to install a new one on my computer. But when I made the switch, I lost all sound. I MISS my sound!

    Could the old hard drive have had the sound card as an integral part of it? Do I need a new sound card? Or do I just need to re-install some sound driver? And if so, how do I find the damn thing & do that?

    I'm so lost :( :banginghe
     
  2. Oct 9, 2005 at 6:48 AM #2
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    It sounds like a sound driver. First, if you have a legal version of Windows, try windows update. There is a chance that Windows will see you are missing a sound driver, and will install one for you. It will usually do that with AC97 hardware.

    If not, you will need to download and install a sound driver - if you have a commercial PC - Dell, Gateway, HP, etc, post the model # here, the drivers should be easy enough to find.
     
  3. Oct 9, 2005 at 11:57 AM #3
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    Either that or find the resource/driver CD that came with the computer.
     
  4. Oct 9, 2005 at 12:25 PM #4
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    Mine did the same thing when I switched out my hard drive. The sound drivers are on your old hard drive. I found the website of the motherboard manufacturer and downloaded the updated sound drivers.
     
  5. Oct 9, 2005 at 1:45 PM #5
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    Show us your tits and we'll help. ;)
     
  6. Oct 9, 2005 at 1:59 PM #6
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    99% of the time Windows Update is enough to get all of your hardware working again :). Worst case, hit the manufacturers web site, but that can be a challenge cuz you have to know the make/model of what you have in the box...
     
  7. Oct 9, 2005 at 2:03 PM #7
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    Which is why if you use the resource/driver CD that came with the computer....
     
  8. Oct 11, 2005 at 3:33 PM #8
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    OK, I tried EVERYTHING--except showing my tits, which I would do if it would clear up my confusion!

    First tried to see if I could just select from my recovery disks without re-doing everything; but it wouldn't let me do that. So I went to Windows Update & let that "detect" everything I supposedly needed, & installed all that. That was just some security stuff, but I checked the sounds anyway--still none.

    So I re-installed everything from my recovery disks. Still no sounds. Windows Help--Sound Troubleshooter. Went thru all those steps. What I have come up with is that either a sound card is not installed, or some element of it is not installed. I don't know if that means it just ain't physically there (tho I DID have sounds working fine before I changed the hard drive); or I just can't find the right way to actually hook it up.

    :banginghe :banginghe :banginghe :banginghe :banginghe
     
  9. Oct 11, 2005 at 3:35 PM #9
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    Did you select 'Custom' on the Windows Update, or 'Express'? Choose 'Custom' and it will show you optional installs, including those for hardware.
     
  10. Oct 11, 2005 at 3:38 PM #10
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    Thanks--I'll try that. At this point I don't remember exactly what the hell I did. *blush*
     
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