Sound Drivers Installed, Yet No Sound!

pjhcrh · 01-31-2006, 04:40 PM

I have an older compaq presario 1810 running windows 98.

The sound did work on this notebook just fine. But recently I had to reinstall windows and despite the sound drivers being installed, there is no sound.

I try and open Volume Control window and nothing pops up. There is no sound icon in the desktray.

And when I open Audio Properties, everything is greyed out, not able to click anything on that window.

I have already tried reinstalling windows, and also have tried removing Multimedia from Add/Remove, then reinstalling Multimedia. Has not helped.

For some reason, when I run DXDIAG and click on the Sound tab, it says in the comments that there is no sound card installed.

So anyway. What could be the problem and more importantly, what do I need to do to correct it?

02-01-2006, 12:25 AM

Hi. Try booting to the bios - disable onboard sound - then re-enable it again. Save- exit. Try loading drivers again.

pjhcrh · 02-01-2006, 11:20 AM

Ok I just tried this, and nothing changed. Would buying a new PCMCIA card make a difference?

02-01-2006, 06:07 PM

Sure it would. but do be aware you are running and older OS so be wise in your choice.

01-31-2006, 04:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
pjhcrh Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 OS: ME	Sound Drivers Installed, Yet No Sound! I have an older compaq presario 1810 running windows 98. The sound did work on this notebook just fine. But recently I had to reinstall windows and despite the sound drivers being installed, there is no sound. I try and open Volume Control window and nothing pops up. There is no sound icon in the desktray. And when I open Audio Properties, everything is greyed out, not able to click anything on that window. I have already tried reinstalling windows, and also have tried removing Multimedia from Add/Remove, then reinstalling Multimedia. Has not helped. For some reason, when I run DXDIAG and click on the Sound tab, it says in the comments that there is no sound card installed. So anyway. What could be the problem and more importantly, what do I need to do to correct it? Last edited by pjhcrh; 01-31-2006 at 04:41 PM.

02-01-2006, 11:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
pjhcrh Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 OS: ME	I just tried this, no change Ok I just tried this, and nothing changed. Would buying a new PCMCIA card make a difference?

02-01-2006, 12:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
T_Rex Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hi. Try booting to the bios - disable onboard sound - then re-enable it again. Save- exit. Try loading drivers again.

02-01-2006, 06:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
T_Rex Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Sure it would. but do be aware you are running and older OS so be wise in your choice.