Desktop speakers

[Chadmonster]

Hey, guys, gals.
First of all thanks in advance for your attempts, successful or not, at helping me.

Within the last week I reformatted my computer and reinstalled Windows XP Professional. I've just become aware of the fact that my speakers no longer function.

I've visited Control Panel's Sound and Audio Device section and the Audio tab, but everything in there is grayed out. It tells me I have no Audio Device.

I've plugged my speakers into the Microphone hole thing, since I have no Line Out. It has worked in the past this way. Aside from this, the speakers are set up correctly.

What can I do to get my speakers working? Do I need to install some sort of driver?

[Quantos]

Your speakers should be plugged into a line out, not a line in.

[Chadmonster]

Grr. I had it backwards. I'm sorry, I meant to say I have no Line Out.

:/ I'll edit that in the original post. I'm sorry.

[quaxo]

Eh, did you reinstall your sound card drivers after reinstalling Windows? Otherwise, your sound won't work. There's nothing wrong with your speakers.

[Gizmologist]

Are the speakers powered (with a built in amplifier)? If not, you cannot use a LINE OUT connection as the level is not speaker level. It is designed to output a low level signal into a powered speaker system.

Also go to device manager to see if there is a yellow icon on the audio card . You must have drivers installed to activate the on board card.

[Quantos]

Good point Gizmologist.

Something else to check is that you didn't disable the onboard audio in the bios.