win xp audio device

[dvds2u]

hi there all, i have just joined and still trying to find out problem with my other post, however thought i`d ask all you computer buffs for some advice, i did a clean install of win xp and now i have no sound device manager comes up with no audio device however all codecs are working, ive tried changing speakers and downloading files and drivers from microsoft.....stil i hear nothing any ideas

[ozymango]

Hi, David, welcome to the forums.

Audio issues are a very common problem with "clean installs" of XP -- manufacturers change drivers all the time and more often than not I've had to load a third-party driver to get the sound working on the machines we support (I'm tech support for a university).

I noticed in your specs that you don't know your motherboard make and model? Somewhere on the board is gonna be some name and some series of numbers that'll help us figure out who made your system, and from there it's not too hard to chase down the right drivers for you. This assumes the sound chip is on the motherboard -- if you have a separate audio card, get the name off it and we can look that up.

[dvds2u]

thanks for your speedy responce, is there anyway i could find motherboard info with out looking inside computer

[träskmannen]

You could try to download SIW from this address

It will give you quite a lot of information about your computer.

[MOVIEGEEK]

EDIT

[dvds2u]

c-media ac97 audio device driver

apparantly this is the driver i need

[ozymango]

Try this link:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/cmedia-9738.html

C-media makes the sound chip for a bunch of different motherboards, though, who may tweak their own version of the driver; this is a generic version so it may not match your specs exactly, but hopefully you can at least get some sound out.

[dvds2u]

i am at the end of my tether with this sound problem i have downloaded so many drivers and programes and nothing has worked, i have found out that the computer is

acer amd

aspire 8000 xp ddr6

motherboard id: 09/09/2002 - km266-8233a-6a6lvbodc-00

there is not much more i can say only that i have pc wizard which tells me all the info on my computer

any info is extremely appreciated

[ozymango]

Here's a link for downloads for the Acer 8000:

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/desktop/aspire_8000xp.html

Under links for "Audio Driver," try this one -- "Audio Cmedia Onboard driver for Windows XP"