Beeps but no other sound

[chibithai]

After a fierce battle with dell placing a new motherboard and frying one of my new memory since he forgot to detact the battery before opening my dell inspiron 700m. I was able to get the computer up and running again but the only problem now is I dont have sound. I have went to dell to download the Sigmatel C-Major audio drivers but still no use. I have restore the computer to the original out of the box and unistall the driver, then plug and play but still it is unable to start up with a sigmatel code 10.

The computer beeps so I know there is sound through the audio speaker but I dont see a speaker icon on the task bar anymore and when i go to volume control its states I have no mixer audio. Any help would be appreiciated

Dell inspiron 700m
Windows XP business edition

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers chibithal

Code 10 is a lack of resources, the wrong driver or lack of power or a missing service

Have you checked in the laptop bios to ensure that the sound is enabled?

What's the service tag for the laptop?

[chibithai]

Bios shows that sound is enabled and working. The original DOS beeping sounds is there too. Service tag F5TCH71. I downloaded all the drivers from the dell website for the audio to the 700m but it still doesnt work.

[Ferrit]

Did you install all of the drivers there? Specifically the chipset ones?

[NooNoo]

Yes please load the chipset drivers and its worth noting there are several bios updates.

If the motherboard has just been replaced, it is under warranty? If so, I would back up the hard drive and use the restore disks. If the restore can't make the sound work, you will have proved the new motherboard has a problem. This would be the quickest way to discover if this is a windows problem or a hardware problem.