no sound device

jakejr3 · 08-10-2008, 08:42 AM

I reformatted my computer recently, Dell Inspiron 1501, windows xp with sigmatel audio and am not able to get music to play through media player. I went into device manager and there is no yellow or red exclaimation point any ideas? thanks for any ideas. also getting a mssg about no mixer, if it helps

**wrench97** · 08-10-2008, 09:09 AM

Did you reinstall the Dell system disk as well?

**wrench97** · 08-10-2008, 09:18 AM

If you don't have the disk you can get them here.
http://support.dell.com/support/down...D=INS_PNT_1501

jakejr3 · 08-10-2008, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jakejr3

I reformatted my computer recently, Dell Inspiron 1501, windows xp with sigmatel audio and am not able to get music to play through media player. I went into device manager and there is no yellow or red exclaimation point any ideas? thanks for any ideas. also getting a mssg about no mixer, if it helps

i reload the disk and went to dell and tried to update and was told i was running a newer version of sygmatel

**wrench97** · 08-10-2008, 03:02 PM

Do you have sound other then WMP?

jakejr3 · 08-10-2008, 03:16 PM

yes i ran msconfig opened win.ini and opened annie the video and audio device values were 0 is this supposed to be 1? and how can i change it?

jakejr3 · 08-10-2008, 04:06 PM

i figured it out, under services the windows audio service was stopped

08-10-2008, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
jakejr3 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mississippi Posts: 4 OS: windows xp	no sound device I reformatted my computer recently, Dell Inspiron 1501, windows xp with sigmatel audio and am not able to get music to play through media player. I went into device manager and there is no yellow or red exclaimation point any ideas? thanks for any ideas. also getting a mssg about no mixer, if it helps Last edited by jakejr3; 08-10-2008 at 08:44 AM.

08-10-2008, 09:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: no sound device Did you reinstall the Dell system disk as well? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-10-2008, 09:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: no sound device If you don't have the disk you can get them here. http://support.dell.com/support/down...D=INS_PNT_1501 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-10-2008, 03:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: no sound device Do you have sound other then WMP? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-10-2008, 03:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
jakejr3 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mississippi Posts: 4 OS: windows xp	Re: no sound device yes i ran msconfig opened win.ini and opened annie the video and audio device values were 0 is this supposed to be 1? and how can i change it? Last edited by jakejr3; 08-10-2008 at 03:25 PM.

08-10-2008, 04:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
jakejr3 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mississippi Posts: 4 OS: windows xp	Re: no sound device i figured it out, under services the windows audio service was stopped