Hello,
I'm bielius this is my first post in these forums!
So im having a trouble with my sound drivers.
I have formatted my hard drive, and the first thing i did was going to google up the realtek ac97 drivers(4.06 newest version)
and, after downloading them, i have installed them.
and there was no sound after reboot.
so i went to device manager and looked up those drivers.
and there was none of them!
so i have tryed several downloads from different sites, and all thing is same. no sound drivers in device manager.
i'm running out of solutions.
oh, and im not a new user, i can do some things with computer
write here if you need my cp information...
Thanks!

It appears you have the incorrect drivers, or the drivers you downloaded are faulty.
One trick that is often helpful as a last resort is to download older versions of the drivers and attempt to install those.
Also, you may have to go to System->Hardware->Device Manager, and remove or disable whatever is there before you run a new install.

Thanks for your reply!
This is offtopic:
I have opened event viewer, and i saw this:
Reached crypt32 threshold of 50 events and will suspend logging for 60 minutes

For more information, see Help and Support Center at .
What this could mean?

i will say that installing older ver of drivers didn't helped.
thanks for your post and waiting for more help!

For integrated sound drivers go to the PC manufacturer's website (Dell, HP, etc.). If the PC is self built or custom built, go to the motherboard manufacturer's website for the appropriate driver.

My mobo model is p4m80-m4 by Biostar. i will go and download them now thanks for your advice! waiting for other help

No, they didnt worked too. waiting for other responses.

Just in case, exactly how are you installing the driver?

Downloading, and double pressing =) , i got drivers by manufacter, from A3.60 til A4.06 drivers... i'm out of solutions
EDIT:
drivers by manufacter are very strange because:
it runs winzip self extract thingy and says like silent install-numbers- without reboot or something... other drivers install as usual with installation wizard.

BUMP i need responses

You might try uninstalling the old sound driver through Add and Remove Programs if it appears there and after restarting the PC, reinstall the latest one you have from Biostar. Sometimes installing new drivers over old ones doesn't work well.

no, it didn't work either. mayby its a virus fault? or something...

As far as I can tell the driver you should be using is A3.55 from here: Biostar

Have you tried this driver yet? There might be newer drivers but they might not be compatible with your older motherboard. The A3.55 driver seems to be the one listed on the Biostar website.

Thanks man i will try them now!

The thing bad is that from either Realtek and biostar sites it downloads VERY slowly.

question:
do i need to have directX installed?

I think your issue is related to your other post

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic121585.html

And should be addressed after any Malware is handled! As it may be fixed after that anyway!

Mike

It won't hurt, but that should not be the source of the problem.

can't get them work, after doing 8steps, installing drivers by Biostar, with directX .net , k-lite codec pack...

Any possibility that your speakers are burned out from being overdriven? Too much volume too long will ruin some speakers and result in the problem you describe.

Go to Start->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager and look for any yellow or red flags in the list of devices. Click on sound to extend the list and see if there are any yellow, red, or black flags anywhere in the sound category.
Those flags, if they exist, (or if they are absent) will tell you a lot about what needs to be done next.

no they can't be something psychical damage, because i don't get any realtek drivers information in device manager.
for instance, if i open Media Player it just says that it's a problem with your sound device.

The problem with the sound device can be that the sound "driver" or speaker head is burned out... thus it does not communicate with the sound device driver. Can also be a broked wire in the speaker cable, or the power adapter that plugs into the wall, if there is one.

Hi bielius

I'd like to take look at some details of your system and driver issues.

Check if Windows reports any problem devices

• Click Start->Run, enter: msinfo32
• Click the + sign next to Components to expand it
• Click Problem Devices. Anything appear?
• If yes, click on it, then Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy Paste into next post

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Generate a DirectX report

• click Start->Run, enter dxdiag
• Notice progress in lower left window corner
• When done, click Save Information button and save to your Desktop
• In TechSpot, use the paper clip icon to attach the report. (If you don't see icon you may need to first cick Go Advanced)

The problem with your sound device could be that your power adapter to the speaker(s) is bad, or that the magnetic core in the center of one or more speakers is bad, or that the wire on the speaker core has burned out due to escessive driving of the speaker, or that a wire or plug is broken or disconnected.
A number of different types of damage or failure from being overdriven can cause the driver information to disappear... or to be flagged in device manager.... look for red, yellow, or black flags...
Media Player gets its information from what, do you think?
Have you considered replacing the speakers with a borrowed pair so as to test the system.
Have you gone to Device Manager and removed or disabled exisiting sound drivers, the reinstalling them from a clean download?

I've tryed my headphones too. by the way,
i have reformated my windows, and the only problem in device manager is VGA(i have not installed my graphics card drivers)
i have only installed sound drivers downloaded from manufacter site! its completely fresh windows!

Dxdiag thing attached.

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