sound problem

technical · 06-25-2008, 03:45 AM

hello.

recently my computers sound dissapeared it had a warnign about a audia card hardware cannot be found.

then later on in the week it came back on its own.

my friend advised i download a new audio driver i wanted ur help first.

what is the easiest way i can fix this

thankyou very much

**af3** · 06-27-2008, 06:42 AM

It may be dying, buy a new sound card and remove or disable the old one.
You may have fried it by giving it too much power in it's output. Old beat-up amplified speakers can sometimes kill sound cards.

06-25-2008, 03:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
technical Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	sound problem hello. recently my computers sound dissapeared it had a warnign about a audia card hardware cannot be found. then later on in the week it came back on its own. my friend advised i download a new audio driver i wanted ur help first. what is the easiest way i can fix this thankyou very much

06-27-2008, 06:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
af3 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 755 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: sound problem It may be dying, buy a new sound card and remove or disable the old one. You may have fried it by giving it too much power in it's output. Old beat-up amplified speakers can sometimes kill sound cards. __________________ ...beware the government-media complex...