I had to reinstall microsoft because i had a bad virus and that is solved but now my sound card wont work :( any1 good with pcs know how to solve this problem?
2006-07-23 10:34:32 · 14 answers · asked by ? 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
How do i reinstall the drivers for it? i dont know the make i know its a new computer i bought it at christmas and dont know where the disk is for it i need help reinstalling the drivers for it
2006-07-23 10:41:34 · update #1
How do i get to my sound card? where abouts is it?
2006-07-23 10:46:54 · update #2
Its a newly made Fujitsu Siemens
2006-07-23 11:13:53 · update #3
reinstall the drivers that came with it, use the cd that came with the card, usually you have to reinstall all extra software for periphials.
2006-07-23 10:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by kerryjonjon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you mean that you have re-installed windows then you will have to re-install the drivers for the sound card.
You can either use the disk supplied with the soundcard or if it's a supported soundcard you can tell windows to look for it by clicking on start-control panel-add hardware and use the wizard to find the sound card drivers and most likely other stuff that needs setting up also.
2006-07-23 17:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had exactly the same problem a few weeks back. you could go onto the website of who makes your computer and see if they have the drivers on there. if not you will have to have a look on your sound card in the com and it will tell you the model and the make then go onto there website and download the drivers for it. Thats what I did anyways and it worked. Hope this helps
2006-07-23 17:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by crazyicklepwincess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of soundcard do you have? You need to install the drivers especially because the default Windows drivers usually don't cover the soundcards. If the soundcard came with a CD, use that to install the driver. Otherwise check website for your soundcard and/or computer manufacturer and see if they have a driver. If all else fails, contact their customer support.
2006-07-23 17:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the system you got at christmas
should have come with 2 discs one the O/S
the other would be the driver disc and extra programs like adobe 5
you could check if the sound has been muted
control panal sounds and audio devices
my pc right click
properties
hardware
device manager
hight light any "?"ed item
poperties "reinstall driver"
it will ask where you want to search chose disc if you have found it or search internet
2006-07-24 10:05:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have internet service, go to the sound card manufacturer's website and look for the Support or Download Drivers area and see if therer are any drivers still available, If not, try this site:
http://www.pcdrivers.com/sound.htm. If you know the manufacturer of the sound card, look for a zip file and download it to your desktop and try installing it from there.
2006-07-23 17:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you dont have the drivers (but are using XP) you can go to your control panel, choose add hardware and let XP do a search for anything attached but not installed.
Failing that you can pull your card out of its slot (whilst PC is off of course!) and have a look at what kind it is then do a search online for it. Make sure you re-sit it properly
2006-07-23 17:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by LifeChange 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would help if you told us the name of the PC , EG: Ifriend , Dell xxx or whatever .
for example if its a dell , go to Dell.com / or .co.uk and look up in the support area for your model of computer , and download the software
If this PC was custom built for you you will have to take out the sound card and see what make it is ......all hardware has a serial number on it ...i have found that typing this number into a search engine usually brings up some details of what it is .
hope this helps
2006-07-23 18:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by ec_sincity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to reload the sound card software and driver from the installation disc that came with it.
2006-07-23 17:40:22 · answer #9 · answered by Storm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reinstall the sound card driver via cd or get it online.
2006-07-23 17:39:17 · answer #10 · answered by filatovvv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋