No sound ? apart from when using media player

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  1. hursty

    hursty Active member

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    Hi guys and girls
    Got this annoying issue i cant get to the bottom of
    My PC that i am using at the moment is way out of date, but it sorta works for what i need it for,lol

    I recently installed another motherboard,as the old one broke, also fitted a new graphics card
    pretty sure drivers are up to date and installed

    Problem is, i have no sound from the main PC functions, no clicky sounds,no facebook poker sounds,lmao, if that makes any sense
    I can get sound out of the speakers,but only from when using windows media player,and thats
    checked in control panle,as far as i can see,its all turned on
    I can only get music however from using the blue/pink jack port, not the blue

    here is belarc log



    Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
    Install Language: English (United States)
    System Locale: English (United Kingdom) Enclosure Type: Desktop
    Processor a Main Circuit Board b
    2.85 gigahertz Intel Celeron
    16 kilobyte primary memory cache
    256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
    Not hyper-threaded Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 8I845GVMRZ
    Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
    BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F3 03/23/2004
    Drives Memory Modules c,d
    80.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    19.12 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

    PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116D [CD-ROM drive]
    3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

    ST380012A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5JV8EWEX, rev 4.04, SMART Status: Healthy 1016 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

    Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
    Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
    Local Drive Volumes


    c: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.02 GB 19.12 GB free
    Network Drives
    None detected
    Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
    local user accounts last logon
    12/11/2009 07:56:59 (admin)
    l

    DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

    EPSON Stylus Photo R300 Series on USB001
    Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:
    Send To Microsoft OneNote Driver on Send To Microsoft OneNote Port:
    Controllers Display
    Standard floppy disk controller
    Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
    Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
    Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
    Dell 14.9 [Monitor] (14.9"vis, s/n DELL E152FP, January 2004)
    Bus Adapters Multimedia
    Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2
    Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4
    Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7
    Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD Realtek AC'97 Audio
    Standard Game Port
    Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
    Virus Protection [Back to Top] new Group Policies
    ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 Version 3.0
    Virus Definitions Version Up To Date
    Realtime File Scanning On
    None discovered
    Communications Other Devices
    Smart Link 56K Voice Modem #3


    Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC #3



    HID-compliant device (2x)
    USB Human Interface Device (2x)
    HID Keyboard Device
    Synaptics PS/2 Port Compatible TouchPad [Mouse]
    USB 2.0 Root Hub
    USB Composite Device
    USB Root Hub (3x)
    pcouffin device for 32 bits systems
     
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  2. nownthen

    nownthen Regular member

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    Do you have a green port?
    Blue is usually a line in and the pink is usually for a microphone.

    If you go to the control panel. There is a place to setup the sound. If you click on that it should display a list of all the sound devices. Try configuring the sound.

     
  3. hursty

    hursty Active member

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    Tried all that already :)
    I am thinking the new motheboard (well secondhand) i put in (with built in graphics/sound card) is not working correctly
     
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    Are you using Microsoft drivers (generic) or drivers specific for your motherboard?
     
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    hursty Active member

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    drivers specific to my motherboard (i think)
    I just googled for my motherboard type,and used what it listed
     
  6. JEFFINPA

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    O.K. Hursty, I have realtek '97 also, go to the bottom and click on the speaker icon, bring up all of the volumes you control and see if they are muted or turned down. other than that click option and preferences and enable the other volumes you need to control. Now, I don't know if you did this yet or not, but hope it helps.
     
  7. nownthen

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    Somethings you could check.
    Go into the bios and make sure that the onboard sound is enabled.

    Press the windows key and break. Open the device manager. There you can check to see what sound controllers are installed. It should say if it is working properly or not. Here you can check what driver you have installed (properties, driver tab). You many want to update or reinstall the driver (it isn't working now can't hurt to try).

    Plug your speakers or headphones into the green connector (should be labled headphones or speakers) on the back of the computer (assuming there is probably ones on the front). Sometimes restarting with the sound properly plugged in can help.

    Do you have amplified speakers (do the speakers have an independent power source)?
     
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    hursty Active member

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    yes


    I am thinking of getting a new soundcard for the spare PCI slot

    cheers the replies so far
     
  9. nownthen

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    Buying a new sound card is probably the way to go.

    The only thing we didn't test was the speakers themselves.

    When you configure speaks in Windows XP does it have an option to test the speakers by playing a sound?
    In Vista and Windows 7 you configure, select you configuration and then test. It then plays a tone through each individual speaker. I don't remember if XP does that or not.
    If it does did you get sound at that point? Everytime you gave an example you refered to applications playing sound.
     
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    dont thinks its an issue with the speakers, I can listen to mp3 or watch films on media player fine
    Ordered a new PCI sound card, only cost me £3 delivered,so worth a go
     

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