No Sound and CD problems

[tasted]

Hello All, I am having big problems with my sound (no sound device is present) and cannot burn with Nero on my CD player, I seem to not have the right drivers or simular, would appreciate any help with my problems .... Cheers

Some Computer Info?

< Processor >
    Model:                         AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
    Speed:                         1.66GHz
    Model Number:                  2000 (estimated)
    Performance Rating:            PR2413 (estimated)
    Cores per Processor:           1 Unit(s)
    Threads per Core:              1 Unit(s)
    Internal Data Cache:           64kB Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way set, 64
                                   byte line size
    L2 On-board Cache:             256kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set,
                                    64 byte line size

  < Mainboard >
    Bus(es):                       ISA AGP PCI USB i2c/SMBus
    MP Support:                    No
    MP APIC:                       No
    System BIOS:                   Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
    Mainboard:                     nVidia-nForce
    Total Memory:                  480MB DDR-SDRAM

  < Chipset 1 >
    Model:                         Nvidia Corp nForce2 AGP Controller
    Front Side Bus Speed:          2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
    Total Memory:                  512MB DDR-SDRAM
    Memory Bus Speed:              2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)

    < Physical Storage Devices >
    Removable Drive:               Floppy disk drive
    Hard Disk:                     WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 (75GB)
    CD-ROM/DVD:                    LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H (CD 126X Rd, 48X Wr)
                                   (DVD 16X Rd)

  < MultiMedia Device(s) >
    Device:                        MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
    Device:                        Standard Game Port

 
  < Operating System(s) >
    Windows System:                Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional
                                   5.01.2600

  

[GX1_Man]

That's a lot of info BUT the important thing is what happened prior to this as I assume it used to work correctly? Did it ever work? If not, what has changed? Are you the administrator this computer? The only user? Have you monkey aout inside the case or played within the BIOS? Have you checked the manufacturer's site for the latest drivers, and etc.

[tasted]

Thanks for your response. I reformatted the hard drive and installed win 98se after having big problems trying to reinstall win xp etc, but have not had sound since. I have recently reinstalled xp again but still have no sound! it did work prior to this, I have not messed around inside the computer .. I am totally stumped as to what is going on with it, have tried down loading the Albatron km18g drivers but can't seem to get them to operate ...Cheers Ted

[royphil345]

If you go to performance and maintenance / system / hardware / device manager...  Do you see any devices listed with an exclamation point ! or question mark?

If so, right-click on the device and select 'uninstall".  Restart the computer and browse for where you have the driver when prompted. If the driver you downloaded is in zipped form, extract it before doing any of this.

As far as the CD burning goes...  Newer versions of Nero sometimes don't work with older burners. Older versions sometimes don't work with newer burners...  Most CD burners require no driver. Some do come with a driver hidden in the burning software disk that comes with it. Unfortunately, the only time I've seen this is with a combo CD-R / DVD player drive very much like the one you have. If you lose that disk, or change to a version of Windows that doesn't support it,  you can have problems.

Good luck!!!