No sound on my laptop

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  1. Ruddy

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    I have a Dell latitude that had a bad virus and wouldn't restart. I decided to reload XP Pro, but didn't have the latitude discs, so I used my GF's Dell Dimentions XP Pro discs. The laptop is running great except no sound? I downloaded the drivers from Dell, installed but still no sound. if I go to the Control Panel\Sounds ans Audio Devices it says no audio vice? How can I get my sound card to work?
     
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    That's because they use different sound chipsets. Go to the Dell website and look in the drivers section for audio drivers and select your model.
     
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    I did that, istalled the driver correct driver (Crystal 4205) from dell and still nothing. Uninstalled driver and reinstalled againh no audio device and no sound
     
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    Then it isn't the right driver. Which model latitude is it?
     
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    C610
     
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    Yes thats the driver I downloaded from dell, with no results
     
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    Hmm, all I can suggest is for you to phone dell or email them to get a replacement CD instead, I can't find any drivers for that chipset, most people don't even seem to know it exists... (!)
     

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