sound card stopped working?

[dylbagz]

Hi, my sound card has been playing up for about a month now.
It just randomly stopped working and has not worked since.
I have tried everything i can, from rebooting my laptop to regular virus scans and searching for updated drivers for the card, however nothing has helped me to fix the problem.
The speakers play a start up sound when i turn it on, however once i begin to log on to windows the sound just stops, and i cannot find anything to suggest a problem. 

My laptop is as follows:

System -

ASUS
Model: V6J
Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU C2050 @ 1.60 GHz [2 CPUs]
Memory: 1024MB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0c

Sound Card: SoundMAX HD Audio O
Device ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01VEN_11D4DEV_1986SUBSYS_1
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Default Device: Yes

Sound Card Drivers -

Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Version: 5.10.0001.4130 (English)
Date: 18/8/2005 03:26:14
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Provider: AnalogDevices

Any help is appreciated,
thanks.

[Broni]

Where is the above info from? Why is sound card drivers entry blank? Any errors in Device Manager? Did you try to reinstall sound drivers?

[BC_Programmer]

make sure the "windows audio" is started via services.msc. I have had similiar problems when I first used XP and tried to "Streamline" my system, and I must have disabled it... troubleshot the situation for weeks only to discover I had simply disabled a required service.

If it refuses to start, however, then this is not the case.