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Old June 2nd 2004, 03:07 PM   #1
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No Audio Device?

I just got a new computer on the cheap running a intel celeron.

I can't get the sound to work on it. I went to control panel / sounds and audio devices... i cannot adjust any of the sound volumes and it says "No Audio Device".

My new computer was second hand and was formatted before i recieved it, no instructions with it. I was thinking that the driver might not be installed for the sound?

I am using windows xp pro, how can i find out what audio device i have on the computer and if the driver is installed?

If it isnt a driver problem, then does this mean i have no audio device?
I am sure i do...

When i went to hardware devices under sound and audio i got the following,
Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Media Control Devices
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Video Codecs

Device status for all of them under properties says that the device is working properly.

Could this be just a driver problem?
Does anyone know how to find the correct driver i might need to install?
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Old June 2nd 2004, 10:32 PM   #2 Spam Kill
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yes your drivers are missing can you give me some details of the computer please?
failing that take the cover off the computer and look at the motherboard if it doesnt have a sound card in one of the slots it will be onboard sound is probably
ac97 sound.

As i say if you can give me some details of the computer i can probably find them for you.
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Old June 3rd 2004, 07:32 AM   #3
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Its a HP Pavilion a115.uk .
Intel Celeron.

Is there some place in windows that i can find out the complete spec and if a sound card is installed.. without taking the computer cover off?
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Old June 3rd 2004, 09:01 AM   #4 Spam Kill
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realtek ALC650

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...8&Software=True


thats your audio and thats a link to the drivers just download the ones for xp
and away you go.

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Old June 3rd 2004, 12:20 PM   #5
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Thanks Compaq... worked a treat.

Now i can seriously chill out while i work on this site.

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Old June 3rd 2004, 12:24 PM   #6 Spam Kill
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Your welcome mate glad i could help
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Old June 24th 2004, 12:46 PM   #7 Spam Kill
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Hi,

I think may have a similar problem

although everything was working fine yesterday.

Today It seems my audio device decided to go missing.

I do not have a sound card, i belive it is an onboard one.

pc is very old ...pentium II IBM

could you please tell me what I could try to get my audio device again?

thank you.

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Old July 28th 2004, 09:52 AM   #8 Spam Kill
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ok I got same prob Cicero PC,VIA vt8235 chip,and Realtek ALC650 chip, downloaded sound driver for both installed em, one driver WON'T install Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer, every time I try I get an error about Cyclic Redundancy Failure, n man is it ticking me off
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Old March 5th 2005, 03:34 AM   #9 Spam Kill
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Hi Compaq,
I just had this audio problem myself, followed the link and downloaded the Ac97 driver and hey presto, so thanks for that
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Old March 16th 2005, 04:46 PM   #10 Spam Kill
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Similar problem driving me nuts

I get the "No Audio Device" message in Sounds BUT
Audio does work in Media player, Real Player and Hauppauge TV I cant adjust volume in software, no system sounds and doesnt recognise microphone are some of the symptoms I am sufferring from.
I have a Gigabyte K8NS Pro motherboard which was supplied with an additional sound card which I removed (dont ask everything was working fine with other board) I have looked evrywhere and people have suggestedloading drivers, making sure winows has started audio and PnP all to no avail. The more I try the worse its getting and I now havw 2 Legacy Audio drivers. I really am a bit reluctant to reload XP as a clean install, I just hope that someone out there can help. Here is my device manager listing

Audio Codecs
Hauppauge WinTV Nova USB
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Audio Drivers (thats right twice)
Legacy Video capture Devices
Media Control Devices
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Devices
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
Standard Game Port
Video Codecs

There isnt an AC97 Driver though it said it installed it and trying to run nVidea's Soundstorm comes back with driver not found message.

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that's a K8NS Pro not a K8NS Pro-939 right?

dunno whether you have tried this
have a look
K8NS Pro drivers download page:
http://uk.giga-byte.com/Motherboard...-K8NS%20Pro.htm

before you install this driver, make sure you have uninstalled every other driver that you have for the sound device.
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Old June 19th 2005, 10:15 AM   #12 Spam Kill
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hi guys,

I have the same problem as Administrator but I have a Gigabyte P4 Titan 667 (GA-8ST667) motherboard.

I have tried Compaq's advice but to no avail, the ALC650 is just not being detected by Windows XP (SP2)!

I have checked the Device settings and it is indicating that the Realtek AC'97 is working properly. Also checked the BIOS and AC'97 is enabled.

It was working fine with the old driver but now I'm not sure what it was! I have lost the installation CD.

It just stopped working when I was trying to correct a recording problem. I went to update the driver through windows. That didn't work so I rolled back the old one but still no sound!

Is there anything else I can do before buying a stand-alone sound card? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Old June 20th 2005, 07:14 AM   #13 Spam Kill
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Hi Im having the same problem, I have a cybermaxx pc? pentium 4 and running on windows xp. I downloaded Everest to see if I could find out what was up with the pc.
Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard Name MSI MS-6701 (Medion OEM)
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Company Name Micro-Star International

can you help?
oh yeah and what is happeing is that when I try to play music in windows media or anyother music player it just basically wont!! it says no audio hardware...I checked out the sounds bit on the control panel and it says no audio device...pleaaase help I think I'll go barmy with no music!
p.s Im using the monitor instead of speakers for sound.

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Old June 21st 2005, 07:31 AM   #14 Spam Kill
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hi dangerduckie,
i've checked your motherboard and it has the AC97 built-in sound card.

have you tried downloading and installing realtek ALC650 drivers for xp
goto;
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...8&Software=True
and select the "Windows 98Gold/98se/Me/2000/XP/2003 for Driver only. " download and then install.
i gave this a go to fix my problem but it did not work for me. i think i've fried my sound card!!

it may work for you however.
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Im just giving it a try now, will let you know....!
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