Sound card failure? (SB Audigy)

[Deezer]

I have an HP Pavilion a750e with Windows XP. Device manager says "Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)". Computer has three jacks in the front: headphones, line-in, mic.

My line-in and mic jacks (front and back) stopped working recently. Today the headphone jack on the soundcard stopped working. The headphone jack in the front still works, but this seems to be the only thing that works.

I tried updating the driver for the heck of it, but the installer said "Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy 2 on your system."

Does anyone know what is wrong? Thanks for reading.

 

[Federelli]

Check wether something is muted.

Otherwise, the plugs might be dirty.

 

[Deezer]

I had the volume on everything pretty much cranked while testing.

Tried several different cables, and the front and back jacks went out at the same time, so I doubt anything is dirty.

 

[Deezer]

Never mind, I fixed it.

If anyone else has this problem, check out the SB FAQ -- the "cleansweep/reinstall" method worked.

 

[David Alexandru]

reinstal your software.....if it doesn't work...change your soundcard