no sound hp751n

**needinhelp** · January 17th, 2005, 09:17 AM

formatted and installed windows xp - now no sound, How do you determine what sound card drivers you need?

**Richard1** · January 17th, 2005, 09:33 AM

Normally I would look in the device manager before reformatting, but since we can't do that you can open the case and see what actually is on the sound card(unless it's onboard sound) or you could go to HP's website and see if they list their computer's spec's by model number. Let us know how you make out.

**needinhelp** · January 17th, 2005, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Richard1

Normally I would look in the device manager before reformatting, but since we can't do that you can open the case and see what actually is on the sound card(unless it's onboard sound) or you could go to HP's website and see if they list their computer's spec's by model number. Let us know how you make out.

I definately am no a pc wizard, so I appreciate all the help I can get here. I ran an application that I found on this site called "everest" it tells me:
[ SiS 7012 Audio Device ]

Device Properties:
Device Description SiS 7012 Audio Device
Bus Type PCI
Bus / Device / Function 0 / 2 / 7
Device ID 1039-7012
Subsystem ID 1043-806A
Device Class 0401 (Audio Device)
Revision A0
Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled

Device Features:
66 MHz Operation Not Supported
Bus Mastering Enabled

it also says:
[ Sound, video and game controllers / Legacy Audio Drivers ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description Legacy Audio Drivers
Driver Date 7/1/2001
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
Driver Provider Microsoft
INF File wave.inf
Hardware ID MS_MMDRV
and:
[ Sound, video and game controllers / Audio Codecs ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description Audio Codecs
Driver Date 7/1/2001
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
Driver Provider Microsoft
INF File wave.inf
Hardware ID MS_MMACM

At the risk of sounding like a total idiot... where do I go from here?

**hudsonsmith** · January 17th, 2005, 10:12 AM

Your m/b is Asus P4S-LA. Audio is ADI1885 AC'97. As ususual, HP doesn't have the driver posted. Analog Devices (ADI) does not post reference drivers. Asus does not post drivers for OEM boards. Give this one a try: http://download.sis.com/download_ste...&os=4&x=26&y=8

Edit: Your newer posts confirms it - this is your driver.

**needinhelp** · January 17th, 2005, 10:29 AM

I am d/l it as we speak. I do not have dsl so it will take approx 20 minutes. By chance you are still here in the fourm, do I need to delete any files, or just unzip and install. Thanks for all your advice, I am very glad I found this website.

**needinhelp** · January 20th, 2005, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

Your m/b is Asus P4S-LA. Audio is ADI1885 AC'97. As ususual, HP doesn't have the driver posted. Analog Devices (ADI) does not post reference drivers. Asus does not post drivers for OEM boards. Give this one a try: http://download.sis.com/download_ste...&os=4&x=26&y=8

Edit: Your newer posts confirms it - this is your driver.

Just wanted to give a big THANK YOU for the information. I now have my sound back. The everest program was a big help in confirming my pc info. Thank you for the link to d/l my driver.