Reinstall Winxp Sound Issues

secuono · 07-03-2009, 05:16 PM

I have a Gateway Tablet PC, and I did the System Restore it has build it(I was having major issues with slowness, not shutting down and freezing even though virus protection said I was fine.) So I did the restore and everything else is working wonderfully, except the volume. There is no toolbar icon to change it and in the 'start, control panel, sounds speech and audio devices, sounds and audio devices' everything is grayed out, I cannot change anything exept the tab 'sounds' sound scheme. It is set to windows default now, before it was blank. But this has not helped any. I have tried to go to the Device manager and change/update, but no luck. Everything says the drivers are working, but when I click 'advanced volume controls' a beep from the PC itself(not the speakers) goes off then a pop-up says "there are no active mixer devices available. to install mixer devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and other hardware, and then click add hardware." That does not work. What is the real problem and how do I fix it? Sound used to work just fine before I did they restore. Please help! I've read other articles and they have gotten me know where, so please don't tell me to read those instead.

**spike2me** · 07-03-2009, 05:23 PM

Right click the sound Device in Device Manager and uninstall the Device, then Right click any device in Device Manager and choose Scan For Hardware Changes. it should recognize your sound hardware and ask if you want to install the previous driver or a new one. Try a new one. If that still doesn't work then go to the Gateway Support site and down load an audio driver for your make and model PC.

secuono · 07-04-2009, 08:59 AM

-I installed win update 3. The it started to install audio but then this poped up "cannot start this hardware. there was a problem installing this hardware: IDT High Definition Audio CODEC. This device cannot start. (Code 10)
What do I do now?

-IDT High Definition Audio CODEC-had yellow '!' icon, reinstalled it and nothing, adio codecs, ;egacy video capture devices, media control devices, vedio codecs.

-there is also a category called 'other devices' that has the yellow '!' now too.
modem device on high definition audio bus, sm bus controller, video controller, video controller(vga compatible)

-downloaded and tried to install it from the web. now it says '_exiterror: error=device object not present, restart the system and run setup again'

07-03-2009, 05:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
secuono Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: winxp	Reinstall Winxp Sound Issues I have a Gateway Tablet PC, and I did the System Restore it has build it(I was having major issues with slowness, not shutting down and freezing even though virus protection said I was fine.) So I did the restore and everything else is working wonderfully, except the volume. There is no toolbar icon to change it and in the 'start, control panel, sounds speech and audio devices, sounds and audio devices' everything is grayed out, I cannot change anything exept the tab 'sounds' sound scheme. It is set to windows default now, before it was blank. But this has not helped any. I have tried to go to the Device manager and change/update, but no luck. Everything says the drivers are working, but when I click 'advanced volume controls' a beep from the PC itself(not the speakers) goes off then a pop-up says "there are no active mixer devices available. to install mixer devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and other hardware, and then click add hardware." That does not work. What is the real problem and how do I fix it? Sound used to work just fine before I did they restore. Please help! I've read other articles and they have gotten me know where, so please don't tell me to read those instead.

07-03-2009, 05:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
spike2me TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,637 OS: XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows7	Re: Reinstall Winxp Sound Issues Right click the sound Device in Device Manager and uninstall the Device, then Right click any device in Device Manager and choose Scan For Hardware Changes. it should recognize your sound hardware and ask if you want to install the previous driver or a new one. Try a new one. If that still doesn't work then go to the Gateway Support site and down load an audio driver for your make and model PC. __________________ Spike Baron A Plus, MCSE, MCAS (office 2007) MOUS, CNA

07-04-2009, 08:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
secuono Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: winxp	Re: Reinstall Winxp Sound Issues -I installed win update 3. The it started to install audio but then this poped up "cannot start this hardware. there was a problem installing this hardware: IDT High Definition Audio CODEC. This device cannot start. (Code 10) What do I do now? -IDT High Definition Audio CODEC-had yellow '!' icon, reinstalled it and nothing, adio codecs, ;egacy video capture devices, media control devices, vedio codecs. -there is also a category called 'other devices' that has the yellow '!' now too. modem device on high definition audio bus, sm bus controller, video controller, video controller(vga compatible) -downloaded and tried to install it from the web. now it says '_exiterror: error=device object not present, restart the system and run setup again'