The Boston speakers I have are fine, but on my computer(Windows XP) I can not play system sounds. In the Control panel (Sounds&audio devices), the Speaker and volume control tabs and slider are all grey. It says no audio device at the top. It will not allow me to select any playback or recording devices under the audio and voice tabs.The computer tells me THERE IS NO MIXER DEVICE INSTALLED.  Where can I download a mixer device so the speakers will work? Thanks for your help!
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If this worked before, try just deleting the sound card in device manager and then reboot. Your drivers should still be resident. If not download them at creative web site or driverguide.com. I assume you did not turn off the integrated sound card in the system BIOS.
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If the new MB doesn't have a built on soundcard, you need to buy one, most have at least a simple card built on the connections would look like a headphone jack where you put in the speaker connections. Otherwise you need to purchase a soundcard, Soundblaster brand is great.\n\nBut I would tend to think that the MB has sound inputs, if you are getting the message "No sound Device Found" it is either selected wrong in your "sound options in control panel" or there isn't one.
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If you had sound before you probably just lost the driver for it. You don't need a card. If you bought the PC new look in the owners manual to see what make sound device you have and reinstall the driver. With XP it's on your Hard Drive already, just pick it from the list. If it's an on-board sound chip you may have to go into the setup utility (in your bios) and turn on Sound Blaster Legacy support. If all else fails see if the speakers are plugged in.
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u can do it.check ur speakers, or reinstall driver.\nTell me it's first time when u have use this system or it is ur old pc. means upgrade ur PC.
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if you have a mac,no help, but for pc, got to control panel, click on sound,speech,and audio devices.click on adjust the sysytem volume and see, put it where you want and see if it works then, if not check sound and audio devices,click on volume and make sure its not on mute,then,click on hardware and make sure your speakers match whats highlighted. if it doesnt work, talk to your system provider and ask for some help.
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go to control panel...click on sounds...check to see if the speakers are enabled and not muted..also check device manager to see if the sound card is using the right drivers....
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This happened to me once.  A good friend explained to me that I needed to go in and uninstall and reinstall all of the sound(audio) crap.  I followed all of his instructions and still NO SOUND. I wasn't happy.  Oh well, I took it to these awesome guys here in our city.  They fixed it.  You may have to find someone who won't rip you off.  My biggest problem was Windows ME.  It caused me nothing but problems.  I have XP Professional now and it's smooth sailing.  Good luck!!
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Sound cards aren't downloadable - that's hardware. The drivers are another story. If you you know what make of soundcard you have you can do a search to see if it is available or check with a technician at any reputable computer store, Ie. Compusmart. etc.
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Your speakers could be getting old and need replacing. Your cable or hook up point could need tightening, your sound card could be getting old or damaged and need replacing. I would go with eiher the speakers or sound card needing replacing. \n\nYou can do a sound check. Go into control panel then to sound and audio devices. At the bottom of the fist tab (Volume) go to advanced and make sure the selection on your systems speakers is as closely matched to the configuaration you have. I had to adjust mine just the other day. Then go to the Hardware tab and highlight the major device used for sound on your system and click on troubleshooting or properties as needed. Follow the directions provided. Highlight each selection and read what it says at the bottom of the screen. If it says "this device is working properly" no further action is required for that hardware. If it says anything else THEN do what I said on going to trouble shooting. lol Got ahead of myself for a moment. \n\nI think you may need to either adjust settings or replace speakers/soundcard\n\nGood luck in fixing your problem.
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I checked the HP Support Website, but couldn't find any information about the sound card for your laptop. As far as I understand it (I'm more of a software person than a hardware one) the sound is probably onboard, like some graphics cards.\nIt seems like you really want to know how to get sound out of the laptop. First, check to make sure that the sound isn't muted. In the system tray (down by the clock) there should be a little speaker icon. Double click that icon and make sure that master volume and wave sound categories are not muted (there's a check box below the slider). Then make sure that the sliders are about halfway up.\nIf you still don't get sound go to http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?dlc=en&lc=en&product=83862&dest_page=product&cc=us&os=228 and download the driver updates for your laptop.\nGood luck trying to get it to work.
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You know where the clock is in the bottom left hand corner?  There should be an icon for a speaker.  Double click that and make sure that nothing is muted.  \n\nOtherwise make sure your speakers have power and are turned on (but I"m pretty sure you've already handled this part).  \n\n\nIf that didn't work go to the control panel.  Click performance and maintenance.  Then click "see basic information about your computer" \n\nIt should open up a window called system properties.  Click the tab that says Hardware.  Then click device manager and scroll down to where you see the sound icon.  If you see a red 'X' over any of the things under the sound things that means it's having problems.  You can double click that and then it should tell you what's wrong, or how you can fix it.  \n\nI hope this helps you!
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it sounds like u might have lost the drivers to your sound card or maybe got erased either or they are very easy to find on line and down load that is if you know what company made your sound card.\nif need help IM me or email me be happy to help
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Do you have a sound card installed or are you trying to use onboard sound (from your motherboard)? Is there a listing in Device Manager for Unknown Devices? If so, it may be your sound card, so right click it and update the drivers. \n\nDo you have the same problem when you restart your computer?\n\n\nOk, have you tried placing the sound card into a different PCI slot on the motherboard? If so, and you are not getting any sound and there is no soundcard listed in Device Manager, then you either have a bad sound card or you are having an IRQ conflict, or you (unlikely) have bad PCI slots on the motherboard. I would put my money on a bad sound card as IRQ conflicts are are usually corrected by Windows, but you never know...
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1. make sure your mic is working, try it with a stereo\n2. mic is plug in the right socket\n3. the recording volume of the respective socket (line-in or mic) is not mute or put to zero\n4. the speakers are working in playback\n5. your sound card driver is working properly, it show no warning in device manager(hardware tab in xp) under properity of my computer.
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Check device mgr - if all are sound devices are working properly - go to start>control panel>admin tools>services - scroll down to Windows audio. Make sure it is set to Automatic and all dependant programs are enabled.\n\nUnder the recovery tab select "restart service" for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd failures.\n\nWorked for me....
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Good day. Well the speakers are built for 2000 and XP. Thats why u see the logo. Try here:\n\nwww.driverguide.com\n\nHave to sign up first but downloading the drivers are free, Laterz.
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To resolve this issue, remove or turn off the Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live Driver and reinstall the driver from the Windows XP CD-ROM. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. \n2. In Control Panel, double-click System. \n3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager. \n4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers. \n5. Right-click Creative Labs SoundBlaster, and then click Uninstall.\n\nWhen you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes. \n6. Reinstall the sound card driver.\n\nThe SoundBlaster live! driver that is included with Windows XP does not work. To download an update for the driver, visit the following SoundBlaster Web site:\nhttp://www.soundblaster.com/support/winxp/ (http://www.soundblaster.com/support/winxp/)