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emsell

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    Hi-
    Our pc was corrupted and we had to reinstall windows XP Pro. Everything stayed plugged in as it was prior to the re-install, but now it wont detect the speakers, webcam or microphone.
    If I go into the control panel into the sound/audio tab, every button is inactive- it wont let me change or add anything and just says that there is no audio device, no sound device, no recording device.
    Any help would be great- ???

    jblab



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      Re: XP reformatted, now not detecting microphone, speakers, or webcam
      « Reply #1 on: June 03, 2010, 06:12:55 PM »
      Did you reinstall all drivers?

      emsell

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        Re: XP reformatted, now not detecting microphone, speakers, or webcam
        « Reply #2 on: June 03, 2010, 06:30:11 PM »
        I did, but the hardware is all plug and play and the pc wont even recognise they are there...

        Allan

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        Re: XP reformatted, now not detecting microphone, speakers, or webcam
        « Reply #3 on: June 04, 2010, 05:41:31 AM »
        I'm going to bet you forgot to install the chipset driver.

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        Re: XP reformatted, now not detecting microphone, speakers, or webcam
        « Reply #4 on: June 04, 2010, 07:51:27 AM »
        Do you know that make and model of your machine? Or at least the motherboard?

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