hey all!

[donald_ferrone]

I have come here to clutter your forum with more of the same old questions, seeing as how I know absolutely nothing and rely on the good words of others around me.

That being said, I have recently reinstalled windows XP and have no sound at all!

So, are you ready to help me out by answering questions that I could probably figure out the answers to for myself if I were to just use the search button?

You make the call.

[donald_ferrone]

If this means anything, when I go into start>accessories>entertainment, and click on the volume control, I get this message:

"There are no active mixer devices available. To reinstall mixer devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Add Hardware.

This program will now close."

[confus-ed]

..So, are you ready to help me out by answering questions that I could probably figure out the answers to for myself if I were to just use the search button?

You make the call.

Now there's a refreshingly honest take on the matter ! - so welcome to WD forums & since this is the places purpose - ask away !

First thing we want to know about to help you, is most likely the name & model of whatever pc this might be. The most likely problem being that windows either can't 'see' {detect} your soundcard or there's some tweaking needs doing to windows (maybe things called chipset patches) or windows simply doesn't have a driver (a bit of software that makes it go) for that card.

[donald_ferrone]

Alright,

my computer is an HP pavillion 753n, if that makes any sense. I am running windows XP pro. I have service pack 2.

as for soundcard, I'm not sure. How can I find that out?

[Atodini]

Donald,

You can get the driver for your soundcard here:

http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/220/220606.htm

It's situated at driverguide.com and the link takes you straight to it.

You may need to register but registration is free and easy.

Just download it, unzip and install - you should then have sound again!

Good Luck.

John

[confus-ed]

Software & Driver downloads HP Pavilion 753n Desktop PC (US/CAN) @ HP support.


A btw for Atodini: Driverguide is not exactly top of my list for where to search for drivers first , its a member submission site & the controls on uploading are few & far between, its not unknown to get completely the wrong thing as it was mis-labelled, & I've downloaded malware infected files from there before now, whilst using it as a 'last resort'