No Sound icon in the Device Manager

webzorb · 07-22-2008, 05:22 AM

I recently formatted my hard disk and installed winxp with service pack 3. Installed all the drivers but only one never got installed. The sound driver of Realtek i.e HD WDM, my laptop is acer 4520 and all the drivers are from my reource dvd. But I do not have any sound in my laptop at all. The sound icon on the taskbar shows only the bluetooth driver. Please reolve the issue.

Tumbleweed36 · 07-22-2008, 05:43 AM

Did those drivers you downloaded to the machine after the install include sound drivers? If not, then you need to load them off the motherboard disk. If you don't have them, then go to the Realtech site or your motherboard site and download and install them.

webzorb · 07-24-2008, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tumbleweed36

Did those drivers you downloaded to the machine after the install include sound drivers? If not, then you need to load them off the motherboard disk. If you don't have them, then go to the Realtech site or your motherboard site and download and install them.

webzorb · 07-24-2008, 04:47 AM

The problem with my system is the missing hd drivers,these drivers are not included in the service pack 3, therefore the alternative seems to download this driver. But since the drivers released by mIcrosoft is prior to the service pack3, henceforth the older drivers are uprightly rejected by my system.

Now solution lies with microsoft releasing the update on this driver soon.

07-22-2008, 05:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
webzorb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp3	No Sound icon in the Device Manager I recently formatted my hard disk and installed winxp with service pack 3. Installed all the drivers but only one never got installed. The sound driver of Realtek i.e HD WDM, my laptop is acer 4520 and all the drivers are from my reource dvd. But I do not have any sound in my laptop at all. The sound icon on the taskbar shows only the bluetooth driver. Please reolve the issue.

07-22-2008, 05:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 14,090 OS: XP Professional	Re: No Sound icon in the Device Manager Did those drivers you downloaded to the machine after the install include sound drivers? If not, then you need to load them off the motherboard disk. If you don't have them, then go to the Realtech site or your motherboard site and download and install them. __________________ ----------

07-24-2008, 04:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
webzorb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp3	Re: No Sound icon in the Device Manager The problem with my system is the missing hd drivers,these drivers are not included in the service pack 3, therefore the alternative seems to download this driver. But since the drivers released by mIcrosoft is prior to the service pack3, henceforth the older drivers are uprightly rejected by my system. Now solution lies with microsoft releasing the update on this driver soon.