Sound Card no driver installed

lisauk · 02-20-2006, 03:29 AM

I have just reinstalled windows XP and my sound is not working.

There was a ? on the device in control panel so i did a driver update now there is a ! on the device.

It says it it a SOUNDMAX or something what can I do, it was working before i formated and reinstalled windows.

Cheers L

**Terrister** · 02-20-2006, 04:51 AM

Please post make/model of your computer.

lisauk · 02-20-2006, 05:10 AM

Sorry but the computer was made up by a friend a while back so there is no make or model.

dai · 02-20-2006, 10:45 AM

run your m/b setup disk

lisauk · 02-23-2006, 01:11 PM

I searched for driver on the motherboard disk but the there still appears to be a tiny ! on the speaker icon.

c0z420 · 02-23-2006, 02:07 PM

This is the exact problem i have been talkin about in my thread that no one has replied too. What i tried to do is find the drivers for the soundmax onboard audio on anotehr computer of a similiar model...burn the drivers onto a cd and put them in the correct locations such as: c:/windows/system32 and c:/windows/system32/drivers and the yellow question mark went away...and then i went to see if audio would play...still no luck....i dont even have a clue what else i can try. I've tried everything possible and it will not work. I tried resetting IRQs, we upgraded bios, installed a new sound card and disabled the old onboard sound....and i cant get the stupid thing to work...we've been working on this since about 10 this morning until now....and nothing.

dai · 02-23-2006, 02:24 PM

when you say there is a yellow mark alongside in the control panel,i assume you mean in the device manager
go to the control panel and click on the soundmax icon

02-20-2006, 03:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
lisauk Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 157 OS: XP	Sound Card no driver installed I have just reinstalled windows XP and my sound is not working. There was a ? on the device in control panel so i did a driver update now there is a ! on the device. It says it it a SOUNDMAX or something what can I do, it was working before i formated and reinstalled windows. Cheers L

02-20-2006, 04:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Please post make/model of your computer. __________________

02-20-2006, 10:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,670 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	run your m/b setup disk __________________

02-23-2006, 02:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,670 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	when you say there is a yellow mark alongside in the control panel,i assume you mean in the device manager go to the control panel and click on the soundmax icon __________________

02-20-2006, 05:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
lisauk Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 157 OS: XP	Sorry but the computer was made up by a friend a while back so there is no make or model.

02-23-2006, 01:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
lisauk Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 157 OS: XP	I searched for driver on the motherboard disk but the there still appears to be a tiny ! on the speaker icon.

02-23-2006, 02:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
c0z420 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: iowa Posts: 118 OS: Windows XP	This is the exact problem i have been talkin about in my thread that no one has replied too. What i tried to do is find the drivers for the soundmax onboard audio on anotehr computer of a similiar model...burn the drivers onto a cd and put them in the correct locations such as: c:/windows/system32 and c:/windows/system32/drivers and the yellow question mark went away...and then i went to see if audio would play...still no luck....i dont even have a clue what else i can try. I've tried everything possible and it will not work. I tried resetting IRQs, we upgraded bios, installed a new sound card and disabled the old onboard sound....and i cant get the stupid thing to work...we've been working on this since about 10 this morning until now....and nothing.