Can't get the sound (speakers or headphones) to work. Tried to reinstall drivers, my sound card is enabled and everything is unmuted, the device is turned on in BIOS, and tried everything else I can think of but there is just no sound at all, ever. I even tried taking the sound card out and putting it back into the motherboard.
A few weeks ago the capacitors on my motherboard blew and I brought it to a shop. They soddered on new capacitors (and also repaired my RAID system, and cleaned up my registry, in case its useful - they didn't touch my BIOS or reinstall my Operating System, which is XP) and the computer boots up just fine and everything looks normal - i can access all my files and everything - but no sound at all.
Under Audio Device Options I used to have several options to choose from, but now I only have one: "SoundMAX Digital Audio" (which it says is working properly even though it is not, and that the drivers are installed/updated.) The name of the audio device under Hardware is "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio" by Analog Devices.
The weird thing is that before this problem, I used to have 3-4 audio devices to pick from, and if i recall correctly I think one of them was a Creative Sound Blaster. But now that doesnt appear at all, just the SoundMAX option. Also, when I go to Start>All Programs>Creative>Creative Audio Console it just gives me the following error:
"Unable to find Audio device. Please make sure that your audio device is enabled and installed with it's driver. This specification will be closed"
So I think my computer is not recognizing my sound card at all.
Some other potentially useful info:
M1SB0353457004579B
Creative Labs Model Number: SB0350
ML-DP-1554 47130 47011EA
The version of the installed drivers is 5.12.1.5246
The card is in PCI bus 0, device 30, function 2
Do I need to install a new sound card? Is there any place I can pick up a used one for pretty cheap?
Can anyone help? Thank you!
A few weeks ago the capacitors on my motherboard blew and I brought it to a shop. They soddered on new capacitors (and also repaired my RAID system, and cleaned up my registry, in case its useful - they didn't touch my BIOS or reinstall my Operating System, which is XP) and the computer boots up just fine and everything looks normal - i can access all my files and everything - but no sound at all.
Under Audio Device Options I used to have several options to choose from, but now I only have one: "SoundMAX Digital Audio" (which it says is working properly even though it is not, and that the drivers are installed/updated.) The name of the audio device under Hardware is "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio" by Analog Devices.
The weird thing is that before this problem, I used to have 3-4 audio devices to pick from, and if i recall correctly I think one of them was a Creative Sound Blaster. But now that doesnt appear at all, just the SoundMAX option. Also, when I go to Start>All Programs>Creative>Creative Audio Console it just gives me the following error:
"Unable to find Audio device. Please make sure that your audio device is enabled and installed with it's driver. This specification will be closed"
So I think my computer is not recognizing my sound card at all.
Some other potentially useful info:
M1SB0353457004579B
Creative Labs Model Number: SB0350
ML-DP-1554 47130 47011EA
The version of the installed drivers is 5.12.1.5246
The card is in PCI bus 0, device 30, function 2
Do I need to install a new sound card? Is there any place I can pick up a used one for pretty cheap?
Can anyone help? Thank you!
