I can't open the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel

[wickian]

Alright, my mic has been so quiet you wouldn't know it works for a long time now. I've been to dozens of forums and done everything I can possibly think of(including several driven reinstalls) and nothing worked.

I think I have finally found the problem though. I just found a screen shot instruction on what to do, and I realized that even though I have the exact same driver and version as everyone else I have a different audio manager showing up and therefore can't fix the problem. Here's a link to a screen shot of what I got;

img502.imageshack.us/img502/2922/92826884we9.jpg

Obviously something is wrong. So I looked in the program files and found that when I try to load the RTHDCPL(Realtek HD Audio Control Panel) icon, nothing happens.

Anyone have any idea whats going on?

 

[Rik]

Without knowing what mobo you have and what windows version you are using it's impossible to answer your question.

 

[wickian]

Here's a link to my comp specs, and I'm using windows xp.

support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/3726/3726sp29.shtml

 

[Rik]

The link doesnt work.

 

[wickian]

Lemme just copy/past the specs here. I don't see the motherboard on this list, but I think this is what I have 915GV Motherboard. Sorry if I'm not listing the right info, I'm computer-hardware illiterate.

gateway 702GE

Processor Brand: Intel® Pentium® 4 with Hyper-Threading Technology
Speed: 3.2 GHz

System Bus 800 MHz

Cache Memory 1 MB on die Level 2

System Memory (RAM) 1.0 GB
Expandable to 2.0 GB

Type of Memory (RAM) PC3200 DDR SDRAM

Hard Drive Type: Serial ATA
Size: 250.0 GB

Graphics Intel GMA900 onboard graphics

MPEG Yes

Audio Intel high-definition

Speakers External amplified stereo speakers

Modem 56 Kbps* ITU V.92-ready PCI internal fax modem

*Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However, current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps.

Network Integrated Gigabit Ethernet

Optical Drive Double layer 16X/16X/4X DVD+/-RW drive

Removable Storage 8-in-1 digital media manager (media card reader)
Expansion Bays

* External 3.5-inch bays: 2 (one used for media card reader)
* Internal 3.5-inch bays: 3 (one used for hard drive)
* External 5.25-inch bays: 2 (both used for optical drives)

Expansion Slots

* PCI-E x16: 1
* PCI-E x1: 1
* PCI: 3

Input/Output Ports

* 7 USB 2.0 ports; one front in media card reader, six on rear of computer
* 1 10/100 Ethernet
* 1 Parallel port
* 3 IEEE 1394 port; two on front, one on rear of computer
* 1 Serial port
* 1 PS/2 keyboard port
* 1 PS/2 mouse port
* 7 Audio ports; two on front, five on rear of computer