No audio on my laptop..HELP!!

[winman42]

'm posting my problem here, in the hopes that someone may have had a
similar experience, and can help me.

I'm using a GATEWAY laptop, with Windows XP service pack 2 installed. Some
time ago, i lost most of the sound on my laptop. I dont recall when it was
exactly, so i cant just uninstall recent programs. The odd thing is this....
mp3 files play fine, movies and video files play fine, but i dont get audio on
any system sounds, or audio from websites.

When i go to SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES, nothing is muted, but when i go to
the SOUNDS area, and choose a system sound, the PLAY button is grayed out,
so it cant be used.

Also the sound volume icon will NOT show in the taskbar, even though its
checked in the SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES area.

If anyone has any tips, please let me know.

thanks,

Win

p.s. please dont tell me to get a MAC, ok?

[jsmithepa]

This could be ANYTHING. If u don't want to pay anybody to figure this thing for u, pull out the recovery disc and re-install from scratch. Be sure to back up data.

[tomwil]

On the SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES area, click the AUDIO tab and check your default device. I had a similar problem where the system would not give sounds, but a DVD program would. It turned out that my default sound card was disabled and I had to go to Device Manager to enable it again.

[winman42]

Tomwil, thanks for the tip. CHecked it, and its fine, so thats NOT the problem i guess.

Win

[Nelson37]

K-lite codec pack installed around the time of failure? XVID codec?

Uninstalling and then re-installing audio devices is a generic fix for this problem, however there is a registry tweak for the issue if caused specifically by the K-lite installation.

[winman42]

Hmm, i dont know of this K-lite install issue. Do u have a link to this problem? thanks,

Win

[winman42]

also, i have uninstalled and re-installed the audio drivers, but it had
no effect.

Win

[handyguy]

You could use Restore, but its been so long since you used it.

[winman42]

Yeah, i tried restore, and it didnt work either. ;-(

Win

[Nelson37]

Not the drivers, the device itself. Delete it, remove all files, reboot, then re-install.

There is apparently a problem with many PCs that after installing the K-lite pack it removes some registry settings that cause this problem. It is common enough that they added a utility to restore the settings. There was a guy posted here about it.

[winman42]

OK, i'll try that, but i havent been able to find the post regarding this K-LITE fix. And in all honesty, not sure i have it installed. I didnt find a K-lite directory.

Win

[lndtf]

Run the Codec Tweak Tool. It has an option to fix system sound by restoring some registry keys.

Start > Programs > K-Lite Codec Pack > Configuration > Codec Twaek Tool

[fLYtRap]

'm posting my problem here, in the hopes that someone may have had a
similar experience, and can help me.

I'm using a GATEWAY laptop, with Windows XP service pack 2 installed. Some
time ago, i lost most of the sound on my laptop. I dont recall when it was
exactly, so i cant just uninstall recent programs. The odd thing is this....
mp3 files play fine, movies and video files play fine, but i dont get audio on
any system sounds, or audio from websites.

When i go to SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES, nothing is muted, but when i go to
the SOUNDS area, and choose a system sound, the PLAY button is grayed out,
so it cant be used.

Also the sound volume icon will NOT show in the taskbar, even though its
checked in the SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES area.

If anyone has any tips, please let me know.

thanks,

Win

p.s. please dont tell me to get a MAC, ok?

YOU DON'T HAVE A DRIVER FOR YOUR AUDIO!

Right click on "My computer" on your desktop and choose "Properities" -> click on tab "Hardware" -> "Device Manager" and see if you have any yellow question marks. If I am correct you should have one under "other Devices" showing exacly what kind of driver you should have for your audio.
You can download free AC97 Audio driver which is universal driver for most systems. You may need to get a specyfic driver.

[winman42]

LNDTF, i guess i dont have the Klite codecs installed as i dont have a Klite programs group. Thanks for the tip, though.

flytRAP, i have no yellow question marks in my device manager area.
Under SOUND, VIDEO AND GAME CONTROLLERS, i have the following:
Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Video Codecs

thanks,

Win

[winman42]

on a smaller note, i have my forum settings setup so i get an email sent when someone responds to this thread, however i'm NOT getting an email sent. I checked my email addy, and its correct. Anyone else having this issue?

[winman42]

Well, i bit the bullet and reinstalled XP, which fixed the problem.
Thanks for all the help guys.

Win