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Answer» I am going crazy!!! Comcast came and swtiched my modem. They installed thier software and I unistalled it from my control panel. It's supposed to be an integraded sound card, but I'm not quite sure what that means!Integrated sound card is a chip built into your motherboard. So, when you go to Device Manager, there is nothing listed under "Sound, video, and game controllers"? Do you have any entry under "Other devices", possibly with yellow exclamation mark?try unplugging the card and replug the card, check device manager, or............................ < hang up the phone > The codecs are listed in the device manager, but when i go to properties, it shows no device as listed. i've read at different sites to unplug-replug the sound card, but i literally have no idea what i'm doing inside that case! it's driving me nuts though, no sound!Dang can't help ya you should really bring it to a expert. Like the GEEK SQUAD! lolztommy, you keep posting messages which are like "sorry I don't know the answer", I've counted about three or four. There are more respectable ways of getting your post count up! mickjen, if you have an integrated sound controller, you don't have a sound card to unplug and plug in again. It's a chip FIXED on the motherboard. Did you get a CD of drivers with the PC? Have you tried the "Find New Hardware" wizard? You have not said what OS you are RUNNING. XP Home Edition. No discs, no recovery anything, really. I traded this computer, and the guy was a gamer. Stripped off everything HP had originally installed. Doesn't recognize any new hardware, and even when I downloaded the Realtek driver, it doesn't do anything. For the sound card, it can't have a driver updated, becuz it thinks there is NO sound card. I'm at my wits end! It just happened this week, and I don't know why Comcast's internet app would change anything. I had the software installed before, and removed it, with no problems. It wouldn't have anything to do with the new modem?! What kind of modem is it? A 56K dialup? A DSL? A cable modem? How does it connect? Is it inside the case or is it external? You say it's an HP. If you can post the model number maybe there are drivers that can be downloaded. It may be that this is a coincidence, that your sound chip just happened to fail around the time that the new modem was installed. On the other hand, HP have OEM motherboards and it may be that the plain vanilla Realtek driver won't cut it. There are plenty of forum threads around on the web from people with suddenly missing sound hardware on HPs. From some of the comments it happens to plenty of people. The t860 is one model I have seen mentioned. Is it a laptop or a desktop? Like I said, model number please! If you run Belarc Advisor it should give some hardware INFORMATION. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html Compaq Presario SR1802HM Desktop PC Scientific Atlantic Cable modem Version EVEREST v2.20.405 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/ Report Type Quick Report Computer HOME-BB40C5FDFC (mickjen) Generator Home Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Date 2007-10-29 Time 18:55 Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer: Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name HOME-BB40C5FDFC (mickjen) User Name Home Motherboard: CPU Type AMD Sempron, 1790 MHz (9 X 199) Motherboard Name Unknown Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200, AMD Hammer System Memory 960 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award (11/15/05) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (256 MB) Video Adapter ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (256 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480) Monitor HP vs15 flat panel monitor [NoDB] (CNC5430T9V) Multimedia: Audio Adapter ATI SB450 - High Definition Audio Controller Storage: IDE Controller ATI IDE Controller IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Disk Drive Generic USB SD Reader USB Device Disk Drive Generic USB MS Reader USB Device Disk Drive Generic USB SM Reader USB Device Disk Drive Generic USB CF Reader USB Device Optical Drive LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4836K SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions: C: (NTFS) 69295 MB (59878 MB free) D: (NTFS) 7 MB (5 MB free) I: (FAT32) 6999 MB (393 MB free) Total Size 74.5 GB (58.9 GB free) Input: Keyboard Enhanced Mulmedia PS/2 Keyboard Mouse HID-compliant mouse Network: Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (71.192.13.115) Modem PCI Data Fax SoftModem with SmartCP Peripherals: Printer Canon S820 Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer FireWire Controller VIA VT6307 Fire IIM IEEE1394 Host Controller USB1 Controller ATI SB450 - USB Controller USB1 Controller ATI SB450 - USB Controller USB2 Controller ATI SB450 - USB 2.0 Controller USB Device QuickCam IM USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Mass Storage Device USB Device USB Printing Support That is indeed an integrated sound device which means it is onboard the MBoard. The drivers will be on your MBoard driver CD, just try re-installing them.No CDS, none!Can I get a motherboard cd anywhere? HP sez I can order my recovery discs. Which I would like to, get everything back to factory settings, and choose to unistall the things I want.... Seriously, is this a driver issue, or do I need to get a new sound card?Well, you should get your recovery disks, and get the system back to factory specs. Then you can see if the sound card is working. A PCI sound card will cost from around $10-$15 upwards, so it's not a big deal anyway. You can get a fairly decent one for around $40 - $60. Arg!!! I unistalled and reinstalled 3 different drivers, as instructed by HP. Same *censored* error message.... Do I really have to get the discs? or new card? I can't reseat the motherboard? Could it be dust? Anything I can do without having to spend money? <<<---------- broke-*censored* college student here! Buy a 20 dollar sound card. It can be installed and up and running in 15 minutes or less. |
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