My younger sister defraged my computer, now I have no sound. How do I get sound again?

Question

She thought she knew what she was doing but something went wrong. Is it a hardware or software problem?

I have Windows 98.........still

When I goto System, then hardware it says "Original Configuration", do I need a disk to download it from?

I checked out my Drivers/audio and opened one called "opti931" and noticed a file with a big red X through it, is that the one that needs to be re-installed or should I bring my comp in for repairs?

Can it be recovered from somewhere?

I see the volumn icon in the start button and when I click on it, nothing happens. Would you agree that I should bring this in for service, or just buy a new comp? But I want to try and fix this small problem.

Answer 1

Somewhere during the process of the defrag. some files were lost. This could have happened during the scandisk looking for disc errors and removing the unused clusters that these programs remove. If you find the disc that the sound card came with it will give instructions on how to reload the driver software. That should do it.

Answer 2

Well usually a defrag really doesnt hurt your machine.

It could be just a coincidence.

Go to Control Panel - click on system
Under system click on hardware tab
click device manager

Look for sound and check for any "!" in yellow. If there are some then it is a hardware issue. Delete the drivers and reinstall. Good Luck.

Answer 3

Defragmenting your computer has nothing to do with not having sound, by nature of what it does. All defragging does is re-arrange information on your hard disk so associated information is close together. This way your hard drive isnt jumping all over the place to find information. Subsequently, its possible to have a single file reside fregmented in several spots on your hard drive. Your "No sound issue" is just a coincidence that appeared around the same time. Check the driver. Check the volume control. Check where its plugged in on the computer.

Answer 4

I'm guessing this is a windows computer? Start---> Settings---control panel-----> Add/remove hardware then have the machine look for your sound card. try that or just restart.

Answer 5

first things first
check the connections, make sure they are turned on
look bottom right hand side double clck on speaker icon make sure nothing is muted.
if thats all ok
press windows key + pause/break
then hardware,device manager if anything has yellow (!) right click choose update driver and follow prompts
job done
Paultech

Answer 6

right click to ( my computer ) - properties - Hardware-devise manager try to update the driver

Answer 7

you may need to install the pc sound drivers
have your sound drive ,cd to hand

windows xp sound / microphone setup

right click my computer icon click on propeties
click on hardware tab
click on device manager
click on the

+

next to sound /video /game/controllers

check to see if there is any yellow makes over the sound driver
if no if yes you need to reinstall the sound drivers

close off device manager

windows xp settings, sound
make sure your speaker conncetion is in the speaker port
on your sound card ..if you have a SPEAKER box with power set it to on or if your spearks have a power & volume on set too on and turn up the volume on them

click on start / control panel
sound speech,and audio devices, icon
click on change the speaker settings,tab
a sound and audio devices properties box will pop up

volume ,tab
device volume bar , set too high
untick, mute

ckick on advanced,tab
a volume control box will pop up
untick any box that has tick in the mute
click on the volume control box red X too close the
volume control box

speaker settings
click on speaker volume ,tab
left, set the volume level too high
right,set the volume level too high
clikc ok

click on advanced, tab

speakers,tab
speaker setup, set the tab,too desktop stereo speakers

click on perfomance tab,
hardware acceleration, bar,set too, full
sample rate conversion quality bar, set too , best
click ok


now on the click on audio tab,

sound playback, default device , set tab for your sound card
sound recording ,default device, set tab for your sound card

now click on voice tab
voice playback,default device,set tab for your sound card
voice,recording,default device,set tab for your sound card
click on apply & ok

now in the control panel click on the sound and audio devices,icon
tick the box , place volume icon in the taskbar
click apply & ok
close off the control panel


now click on the
volume icon in the taskbar
volume control box will pop up
on the top click on options
then on properties

at the top in mixer device box
click on the tab, set the device for your sound card

in show following volume controls box list

1:tick, volume control
2:tick, wave
3:tick, sw synth
4:tick, front
5:tick, subwoofer
6:tick, center
7:tick, rear
8:tick, cd player
9:tick, line in
10:tick, microphone
11:tick, pc speakers
click on ok

now on the vloume control box
make sure no box has a tick in mute box


1:volume, control, move the bar too the top
2:wave, move the bar too the top
3:sw synth, move the bar too the top
4:front, move the bar too the top
5:subwoofer, move the bar too the top
6:center, move the bar too the top
7:rear, move the bar too the top
8:cd player, move the bar too the top
9:line in, move the bar too the top
10:microphone, move the bar 2 steps up
11:pc spearkers, move the bar too the top


if you only have 2 speakers and not a set of 12 speakers
on the volume control box click on options properties

in show the following volume controls box list
you can untick

1:front
2:subwoofwooer
3:center
4:rear
then click on ok



for windows xp settings, microphone settings
click on start /control panel
sound speech,and audio deices, icon
sound effect manager ,icon
click on speaker configuration ,tab
place a dot in
2 channel mode for stereo speaker output
click on ok close off control panel
restart the computer
restart the computer for windows xp too save the settings
then try your sound

Answer 8

hardware