For someone who knows their way around computers

[Juspar Emvan]

I'm incredibly dense on occasion.


There was this thing in the system tray Some 3D sound thing, waste of time I thought. Uninstall, tidy up time you know.

Turns out it was the sound card driver. The computer was given to me, what do you know - no driver disks.

OK, pop the case open, find the manufacturer, go net hunting.

Hmmm, Celeron, intergrated. Damn.


Help?

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Bob Peale]

You can try two things...

Reboot, sometimes it will detect. Alos, you can run "Add New Hardware" and it will detect.

Odds are you didn't uninstall the driver, just the Control Panel for it...

 

[Mellon Collie]

Heh.

I don't have any advice cause I know nothing about computers but I thought I'd just let you know that I found amusement in your slight misfortune.

Good luck fixing it though!

 

[Juspar Emvan]

One what Bratalicious one?

Bob, actally when I restarted , that's when I lost the sound. I've done it since, several times. Down loaded three different drivers from the AOpen site (which I think I recall as being the name on the thing I uninstalled) I knwo what you're saying should be right. But it's not working.

 

[Juspar Emvan]

Heh.

I don't have any advice cause I know nothing about computers but I thought I'd just let you know that I found amusement in your slight misfortune.

Good luck fixing it though!

Bite me Wednseday

Glad I could lighten your day.

 

[Bob Peale]

Nothing in the PCI slots?

Look for the card that you would plug your speakers or headphones into...that's where your soundcard should be.

 

[Juspar Emvan]

Nothing in the PCI slots?

Look for the card that you would plug your speakers or headphones into...that's where your soundcard should be.

PCI is the modem and the ethernet cards. The Speakers plug into a set of sockets that run straight off the mother board.

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[fgarvb1]

Jaspur i only have a couple of sites for drivers. it might be well for you to get better help.

http://www.rhcomputers.com/drivers.htm


and a place called... driver guide.com

 

[Juspar Emvan]

Much obliged fgarvb1, the prob is, I have no idea which one to use! LOL, I feel like a damn fool righ tnow. All my computer is doing it that *click* thing.

 

[fgarvb1]

You know i was thinking your computer knows what it has in it.
or maybe had in it, like microsoft word can tell you and several other programs also. i'm thinking you don't have a restore feature or a hard drive reverter program or systems works with a protected trash bin.

you might go to your control panel and take a look at your hardware configerations and look under properties {DO NOT change any thing unless you are sure what you are doing!}

To tell you the truth i would wait until Weird Harold or someone
comes online because my replacing lost driver skills are very limited.

 

[Gamelover221]

That's no good if it's integrated...normally the best thing to do is remove the card and reboot, then put the card back in and reboot. It normally finds it and starts it up fresh....it's gotta be the exact right driver for it to work usually...hmm, maybe check the bios?

 

[Weird Harold]

The computer was given to me, what do you know - no driver disks.

Most integrated mother boards come with a disk containg all the needed drivers. If the person you got the computer from doesn't still have it, check the manufacturer's website for an e-mail address.

Tell them you have a second hand computer that uses their mother board and you need the setup disk for it. (Note, open the case and write down the MB model number and serial number if you can find them. if you can't find them, take a picture of the mother board and write down any dates/number you can see on the board.

If that fails, most integrated sound cards are Sound Blaster compatible, and sound blaster drivers will often work -- it all depends on how cheap the motherboard is.

 

[GuyJD]

Find out who's the manufacturer and look up their website. Chances are, they'll have a driver that you can download from the internet.

 

[Guest]

Eh... computer? What's a computer?

 

[scylis]

yousa be needin' more den da Force to beesa fixin' dat one!

*runs from the thread before Juspar kills me*

 

[Unclebill]

Main Board ID Data

When looking for ID info for the Main Board (motherboard), look at the screen during boot up. During POST, the board ID info is often displayed across the botto of the screen. It is probably a string of characters from 12-40 characters long. Ther may also be some board or BIOS ID info near the top of the screen also. Depends on the manufacturer but most seem to have the line across the bottom now.

Copy that info carefully. It can give very explicit ID to the manufacturer when seeking a setup CD for the main board. Nice to have just in case, anyway.

Hopefully the party who gave you the computer still has it (or them) stored away somewhere and will find it.

Good luck.

 

[Juspar Emvan]

yousa be needin' more den da Force to beesa fixin' dat one!

*runs from the thread before Juspar kills me*

Gently drawing my dull spoon.



OK, manufacturer is AOpen, here is the box. Going to look for integrated drivers. Perhaps that will help, not sound drivers. *shrug*

 

[Weird Harold]

OK, manufacturer is AOpen,

Apen has a forum for sound card problems: http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/viewforum.asp?forumID=24

They also have a forum for motherbord problems.

 

[Juspar Emvan]

Apen has a forum for sound card problems: http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/viewforum.asp?forumID=24

They also have a forum for motherbord problems.

It was just the driver I needed, and needed to understand that it was a motherboard driver, not a sound card driver. I understand now and *bling* I have sound!

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Juspar Emvan]

I hate porn movies with no sound. I want to hear monaing.

 

[April]

Ahh, you want moaning. I suggest you call me then.

 

[Tropism]

Ahh, you want moaning. I suggest you call me then.

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