Can't Get My Sound to work on my PC!!

[Ryuk]

Damnit it's pissing me off guyz, i've done all I can and now i'm going to put it into you're hands here are the specs on my computer.

operating system - Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

Main Circuit board-

Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. Amberine M 1.03
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.15 01/25/2007

Drives -

160.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
154.77 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HP DVD Writer 740b [CD-ROM drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
ST3160021A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5JS8SRKA, rev 8.11, SMART Status: Healthy

 Memory Module

   2560 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' has 256 MB
Slot 'A2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A3' has 1024 MB

Local Drives    
      
c: (NTFS on drive 0)    152.55 GB    147.30 GB free
h: (FAT32 on drive 0)    7.47 GB    7.47 GB free

Display

    Radeon X1650 Series [Display adapter]
Radeon X1650 Series Secondary [Display adapter]
WDE L1975NW [Monitor] (19.1"vis, September 2007)

Multimedia -      None detected ( this is were i think the problem is located i believe my computer is not detecting my sound card, though I downloaded a program called Everest and this is my sound card make and model ) Realtek ALC658 @ ATI SB400 - AC'97 Audio Controller   PCI

Communications

communications - 1394 Net Adapter
Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Controllers -

ATI IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

Bus Adatptors

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x)

[Hitman Smurf]

If its an on-board AC97 you should be golden....download the latest version of your motherboard drivers (sound drivers should be included) and install them all. BTW, if your running XP then why do you have a drive on FAT32? Is it a drive from an old system? If you can reformat it to NTFS this may help your performance a bit.

[Ryuk]

when i bought the pc, it was pre-built , and it had windows XP on it. So when i reformated it like yesterday , i used a xp home cd. And its not detecting my sound card , i've tried downloaded the updated drivers but i can't find a website that explains things in golden terms , the only thing i found was on my Compaq's website, was an updated bios version. The only thing that is not working is the sound though, think my sound card became fried in the reformating process? i wouldnt think so thouhg mainly because its detecting that is is there!! btw thanks for the quick response smurf.

[Hitman Smurf]

If it sees it, but it's not working or has a question mark in the device manager, then it's probably a driver issue...since it's a compaq thats an issue too LOL j/k HP actually makes compaq computers now so you might want to check out their support site as well....whats your PC model number?

[Ryuk]

Compaq Presario 061 EL427AA-ABA SR1711NX NA610 0nx1411RE101AMBEM00
System Serial Number: CNH55105Y8
Enclosure Type: Desktop

sorry took me a while to find it

[Hitman Smurf]

Try going through this and see if it helps...it is for your specific desktop (I think)

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documentSubCategory?rule=46292&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=228&product=1825365&lang=en

[Ryuk]

okay i will give it a shot

[Ryuk]

damn i gotta go to work, i think this will solve my problem the answer is in there somewhere and when i get back from work i shoudl be able to find it out thanks smurf. stay in touch if I need you again lol

[Ryuk]

well i'm about to piss on this fucking computer i can't find my damn driver for it anywhere i could use help! i'm not completely computer savy so if you could please healp

[Hitman Smurf]

I'll look into it tomorrow.

[Ryuk]

heres an update on my situation, turns out my computer is not recognizing any sound device located in it, i went to the site above that you suggested smurf and found a step by step way to find out what it is and the screen is blank. So i wonder if i update my driver if it will recognize it only problem is i can't find a site that has the download for it.

[Ryuk]

sorry for spam posting this, i think i'm a step forward, I went into my Compuer BIOS and enabled my onboard audio which didnt work which is one thing that is not done. I'm thinkg of setting my bios to my default? what do yo ual lthing

[lickmybarrell]

i think you need to call me... you should have my number and i can remote access your system and get it all worked out.

[V.I.P.]

I had a problem with that as well.  After reading some forums they decided it was the mobo...i also have an asus mobo like you do.  No saying that IS the problem but it COULD be. 

PS:  Take out your two sticks of 256mb ram...it's slowing you down if it's what came with the computer stock.

[Ryuk]

okay, barrel i shall call you after work tonight before i got to my g/f's and VIP what is a mobo? lol
 appreciate the responses guyz

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