I have done everything that I can think of, and nothing has worked. I was just messing around on the net downloading some stuff, and then all of a sudden my sound stopped. I checked me speakers, and have looked on every forum, but everything they say is stuff i don't understand. I understand stuff on the net not stuff that actualy has to do with the acutaly computer. PLEASE help me I need my sound back.
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First, follow Emma Belle's advice.  If that doesn't work, click Start, Control Panel, System, and select the Hardware Tab.  Click on Device Manager and look toward the bottom of the list for Sound, Video, and Game Controllers.  If there is a yellow question mark or red exclamation point next to it click on the plus sign next to that line.  That will expand that category and specify which hardware device is faulty.  Most likely it is the audio codec, which may have corrupted software.  If that is true, you should be able to reload the software either from discs that came with your computer, or from the codec manufacturer's website.  Good Luck.
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Get a new pair of speakers with new cables. I did that and it worked just fine. Hope this helps. Rock.
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You can go to your control panel and click on your "Sound and audio devices" icon doing so will get you the "Sound and audio devices Properties" in this window go to the Audio tab in the top and see if any thing is listed under the default device if there is nothing listed try clicking the drop down menu but if you see the menu has been disabled that mean your sound card driver have been corrupted. If your sound card is an internal sound card inbuilt on your mother board then try using your mother board CD and install the audio driver... I think this will work. \n\nBest Of luck
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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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Sounds like you have a driver problem. You may have to uninstall your drivers, or right-click My Computer > Device Manager, and scroll to your Sounds heading. Double-click that, and click on Update Driver. Before that, you can go to pcdrivers.com and search for the right driver for your sound card (you'll have to know the make/model of your sound card). Then, download it to your PC (I usually just d/l it to C:....you can put it where you want). When you update the driver, point it to the one you downloaded. That's all I can think of.....\n\nOne other thought, if you have an install CD or other source of existing driver, you might be able just to uninstall it then reinstall it. Sometimes that works, though you might have to physically remove the sound card and restart to totally uninstall it. Then, reinstall the sound card and let windows find it as "New Hardware." It will tell you then what it wants.
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Try reinstalling your sound card, or restarting your computer.
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Okay..\nletz start from "A".\n\nCheck if you have connected the speakers properly. \n\nIf you have connected the speakers properly, ensure that you have switched on the speakers. \n\nIf all these have been done, check if you have reduced the speaker volume to 'Zero'. \n\nIf this is also in tact, letz come back to your comp:.ensure that you have not disabled the sound in your comp. If you are using an onboard card, and you are running on windows, a speaker icon will be displayed in the system tray to the left of the clock. Ensure that there is no red cross mark on the icon. Anyways, double click on the icon and here opens a new settings box. verify the settings and uncheck all the "MUTE" tick boxes and drag the equalizers to the top. Play the music and check if you are getting enough. If it is still there in the pole, take out your audio driver CD and go ahead with a fresh installation. You can confirm the functionality of your sound card by Right clicking on the My Computer icon, goin down to the properties and device manager. Check if there is an yellow astrick on the sound card. If yes, no issues... try a fresh installation.. your comp is gonna sing...\n\nn IF THIS DOENT WORK, CONTACT YOUR VENDOR AND ORDER A FRESH SOUND CARD..\n\nI RECOMMENT CREATIVE PLATINUM AUDIGY....\nA...W...E..S..O..M..E...man...itz gonna be a feast for your ears..\n\ngud luck..
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Maybe you should Reinstall your Sound Card Driver, Insert the Installation CD in the drive and try to Re-install the driver, \nI hope you know how to Re-Install 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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Realtek\ngo to www.realtek.com\nand find the sound card driver\nthat is it.\ndownload it\nrestart your computer\nand it is back to normal
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Goto to Control Panel , Check for sound icon and check for your audio driver. Re-install driver .
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Details of this error: C00D11BA (Cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device)\n\nLooks like your sound card is not configured properly. Click Start -> Run -> Type Control and Click OK.\nThis should open up Control Panel. Next Open Sounds and Audio Devices and check if everything's fine or not. You might have to reinstall your sound card's drivers.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nAll the Best!\n\n\nThanks,\nManish
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very simple. restart the PC after switiching on the speakers.\n\nif not working . try installing drivers
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I am assuming that you installed XP over an earlier version as I am reading into your question that you had sound before XP so that also rules out having the speakers incorrectly hooked up.  Go to start-control panel-system (the icon that looks like a computer) and run the hardware wizard.  If the hardware is listed but has a question mark you may just have to reload the software.  I would first check for updated software as you may be using an incompatible driver for your sound card.
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If you're for sure your computer has a sound card, go in and find out if you have any device issues with the sound device.\n\nRight click on My Computer -> Go to Properties->go to the Hardware Tab->Click on Device Manager.\n\nYou should see a list of all of the hardware on your computer.  See if you have any yellow circles with exclamation marks on the sounds devices.  If you do, right click on the device and Update Driver.  Follow the driver update wizard and let Windows search online for the driver.  See if that works.  If not, you might have to right click on the device and uninstall driver, restart and let Windows find that device again and install the correct drivers.\n\nOnce installed, if you don't not have any yellow circles with exclamation points in them, try your sound to see if it works.  If you still have errors, you might have a bad sound card or other issue such as IRQ interupt issues.  Device drivers can get corrupt sometimes, so this could be one problem, it's a start.\n\nAlso, if everything looks ok, be sure to go into Control Panel then check out your Sounds and Audio Devices.  Maybe it might be as simple as checking the Mute check box??
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you need to downlad and install the drivers for the sound card. Right click on the My Computer icon on the start menu or desktop, whereever it is, go to properties, and click. go to hardware, system devices. You sound card or it might say audio device will have a little yellow mark next to it. double click it and go to drivers, and update drivers. make sure you are online, and it should find the drivers for it
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I did what he said on my daughter's computer and that worked on hers, but on mine I had to go to Control Panel, then Sounds and Audio Devices, then top tab of AUDIO, then the top selection of sound playback default device, mine was set on Modem #0 Line Playback.  There was a thing to change it to that said VIA Audio (Wave).  That made my internet sounds work again.  But like I said, on my daughter's computer she had that little exclamation mark and I clicked update driver and then hers was fixed.  Good luck if you haven't resolved it yet~