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i needed to repair my windows XP & when i finished repairing the sound Card didnt work I tried everything Plz Help am so sad about it . I tried installing the latest Driver But that didnt work too.
BTW the sound card type is Realtek ALC860
& Here is the error message at the Device properties
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)
Realtek Definition Audio
Thanks In Advance

Did you also reinstall the chipset drivers?

Give us a link to your motherboard's homepage please.

Thanks so much for that response
intel.com what is the chipset drivers & what is the Miicrosoft High Definition audo

Do you know your motherboard model number? That is what you'll need in order to find your chipset drivers.

If you don't know what your motherboard model numbers is, you should be able to get it using this probing software:

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/27-cpu-z.html

I have a similar problem. I have windows XP, just had power supply installed, new motherboard (MSI-865GVM2) , and my speakers don't work now. Plugged speakers into a walkman and they work fine. I think maybe its the motherboard, but to be honest its all greek to me. Did check speaker volume, mute buttons everything is fine. I am using RealtekAC97 audio. Thanks from the newbie!!!