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[sandsweakley]

Can anyone tell me what to do to get sound back on my computer? I have done it all . When I tried to extract the audio device it got to almost the end of the file & said error message 40 whatever that means. Every driver site I go to it says I have to pay & those I have downloaded do not work. When I tried to open them, or they just plain do not work. So I am at a loss as to what to do next. I just know I cannot not open the Analog Device 198 x intergrated audio on my cd. Thanks for any help.
PS I even tried new speakers but it's not that.

[Andavari]

Try this thread:
* fixing your sound TUT


You should probably go into the Device Manager and make sure there aren't any Yellow Exclamation signs. Sometimes just uninstalling the non-working device from inside of Device Manager, followed by a prompt reboot will cause Windows to re-detect the device. You may or will need either the Windows install CD or the device install CD if doing things this way, however it's a common known fix.

Instructions for how to get into the Device Manager.

[Linda Sands]

Andavari, on Dec 21 2007, 08:27 AM, said:

Try this thread:
* fixing your sound TUT
You should probably go into the Device Manager and make sure there aren't any Yellow Exclamation signs. Sometimes just uninstalling the non-working device from inside of Device Manager, followed by a prompt reboot will cause Windows to re-detect the device. You may or will need either the Windows install CD or the device install CD if doing things this way, however it's a common known fix.

Instructions for how to get into the Device Manager.

Thanks Andavari for all the advice. Wish I could say it helped but not so. I used the cd for installing & even did a systems restore but still nothing. Guess I will just do without sound for awhile but thanks anyway.

[Andavari]

Linda Sands, on Dec 22 2007, 04:44 PM, said:

Thanks Andavari for all the advice. Wish I could say it helped but not so. I used the cd for installing & even did a systems restore but still nothing. Guess I will just do without sound for awhile but thanks anyway.

Well with some soundcards like mine you can't simply install the drivers from the Windows CD. In my case if I did that I'd have no sound whatsoever, and actually have to install two totally different softwares for there to be any sound which is rather strange.

It may be worth a look on your PC manufacturer website for the drivers software download for your particular sound card, because the Windows install CD may just be using some generic driver.

[hazelnut]

Is this page of any use?

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/glo...&doclang=en