bgerzinski

Greetings,

Recently, my hard drive crashed, and in the end I bought a new one. I installed XP and all of my drivers, save one: sound. Last time I installed XP, it automatically detected my speakers and set up sound drivers from there. This time, however, I was left without any sound, due to an error.
Long story short, I had a friend e-mail me his files, as we both were using (or in my case attempting to) Realtek AC'97 Audio Drivers. I wrote his files over mine in C:\WINDOWS and ..\system32 and ..\drivers. This enabled my PC to finally be able to read the sounds, but no sounds are directed through the speakers.

Perhaps I slapped in the wrong drivers? Would this matter? I use my onboard motherbaord sound card, which I cannot name as I discarded the box six years ago.

Please let me know if there's anything anyone can do to help, or if you need more information, ask.

Thanks!
Robert

koala

Hi Robert, welcome to TSF

Do you see any yellow or red flags in Device Manager?

Download Everest and go to Computer > Summary to see your motherboard name, motherboard chipset and audio adapter.

The names in blue should link you to the correct realtek driver. If not, then post back with this information from Everest and we'll find the correct driver for you.

bgerzinski

Wow, thanks for the quick reply. I anticipated waiting a few days at least. You have no idea how much I appreciate this.

Here's the report, let me know if you need further details:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Celeron, 2500 MHz (25 x 100)
Motherboard Name ECS L4VXA2/L4VXAG / Kobian KOB P4X400 NDSX / Matsonic MS9127C / Syntax SVX400
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8754 Apollo P4X400
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (10/01/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD2500JB-00REA0 (232 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive MT1316 BDV212B (12x/40x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive TDK CDRW5210UEB USB Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 238464 MB (219614 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Adapter Wireless-G PCI Adapter (192.168.1.104)

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

mattlock

Your audio drivers can be found here. Uninstall the currently installed drivers before updating to these ones.

bgerzinski

Thank you very much!!! Works perfectly now

mattlock

You're Welcome.