Since re-installing windows XP professional on my computer, it suddenly refuses to play sound. Under "Sound and Audio Devices Properties" it says there is no audio device installed. I have done everything I can think of, and this is my last resort before taking it in to a computer shop.
There are no yellow exclamation marks in device manager, I can't check the "show volume icon in tray" under audio because it is greyed out, I've downloaded and installed the necessary driver for the sound card several times over, I've uninstalled it from device manager and rebooted so it force reinstalls, I've re-re-installed windows, I've run the computer in safe mode and repeated above steps..
I assume it's built in to my motherboard, because when I took the computer apart there was no obvious card in a slot, and the wires from the headphone jack etc run straight into the motherboard.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I don't really want to be shafted by the computer companies..
COMPUTER SPECS:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name PHIL
User Name Administrator
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 550, 3400 MHz (17 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P5GD1-VM (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Grantsdale-G i915G
System Memory 3072 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (11/02/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 (1024 MB)
Monitor Philips 150B (150B5) [15" LCD] (CX 093201)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801FB ICH6 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-1]
Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2651
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD800JD-60JRA0 (74 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Seagate Desktop USB Device (1397 GB, USB)
Optical Drive ASUS DRW-1604P (DVD+R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/4x, DVD-RW:16x/4x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:32x/24x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (69189 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 1430796 MB (1187296 MB free)
Total Size 1471.8 GB (1227.0 GB free)
Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant Optical Wheel Mouse
Network
Network Adapter RT73 USB Wireless LAN Card (192.168.1.64)
Peripherals
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [B-1]
USB Device Logitech USB Optical Wheel Mouse
USB Device RT73 USB Wireless LAN Card #2
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
