Hi, my SOUND card has been playing up for about a month now.
It just randomly STOPPED working and has not worked since.
I have tried everything i can, from rebooting my laptop to regular virus scans and SEARCHING for updated drivers for the card, however nothing has helped me to fix the problem.
The speakers play a START up sound when i TURN it on, however once i begin to log on to windows the sound just stops, and i cannot find anything to suggest a problem.

My laptop is as follows:

System -

ASUS
Model: V6J
Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU C2050 @ 1.60 GHz [2 CPUs]
Memory: 1024MB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0c

Sound Card: SoundMAX HD Audio O
Device ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01VEN_11D4DEV_1986SUBSYS_1
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Default Device: Yes

Sound Card Drivers -

Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Version: 5.10.0001.4130 (English)
Date: 18/8/2005 03:26:14
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Provider: AnalogDevices

Any help is appreciated,
thanks.Where is the above info from? Why is sound card drivers entry blank? Any errors in Device Manager? Did you try to reinstall sound drivers?make sure the "windows audio" is started via services.msc. I have had similiar problems when I first used XP and tried to "Streamline" my system, and I must have disabled it... troubleshot the situation for weeks only to discover I had simply disabled a required service.

If it refuses to start, however, then this is not the case.