Sound not working, despite correct driver

Hi guys,

I had a virus on my computer so had to reinstall Windows XP (and all drivers etc). Now, the only problem I was having at the time is that my motherboard drivers CD was playing up (I've got an onboard soundcard and needed to get the driver for it from this CD). So, I just looked it up (VIA AC97 Enhanced Audio Controller) and download the CMedia version.

But I've NO SOUND. I've tried alternate ones e.g. Realtek, VIA etc and still, NOTHING.

I've used Everest to generate the following information - would really appreciate it if anyone can help!

Cheers in advance,

NDJ.

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Report Type Report Wizard
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2010-07-25
Time 13:03


--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)


Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3400+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset VIA K8T800Pro, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (11/04/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON 9600 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation) (256 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (12321)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571
SCSI/RAID Controller VIA RAID Controller - 3149
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6L160P0 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive Seagate External Drive USB Device (298 GB, USB)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 (DVD+R9:6x, DVD-R9:6x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:40x/24x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 24999 MB (8589 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 10001 MB (8487 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 99998 MB (2094 MB free)
G: (NTFS) 305242 MB (274198 MB free)
Total Size 429.9 GB (286.5 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter (192.168.2.3)

Peripherals:
Printer EPSON Stylus DX8400 Series (Copy 1)
Printer EPSON Stylus DX8400 Series
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device Creative WebCam Instant
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

--------[ DMI ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ BIOS ]

BIOS Properties:
Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
Version 080011
Release Date 11/04/2004
Size 256 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB

[ System ]

System Properties:
Manufacturer PCCHIPS
Product M860
Version 1.0
Serial Number 00000000
Universal Unique ID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009
Wake-Up Type Power Switch

[ Motherboard ]

Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer PCCHIPS
Product M860
Version 1.0
Serial Number 00000000

[ Chassis ]

Chassis Properties:
Manufacturer PCCHIPS
Version 1.0
Serial Number 00000000
Asset Tag 0123ABC
Chassis Type Desktop Case
Boot-Up State Safe
Power Supply State Safe
Thermal State Safe
Security Status None

[ Processors / AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ ]

Processor Properties:
Manufacturer AMD
Version AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+
Serial Number To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number To Be Filled By O.E.M.
External Clock 200 MHz
Maximum Clock 2200 MHz
Current Clock 2200 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V, 2.9 V
Status Enabled
Socket Designation CPU 1

[ Processors / Processor #2 ]

Processor Properties:
Serial Number To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Maximum Clock 2000 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V, 2.9 V
Upgrade ZIF
Socket Designation CPU 2
 
Some extra information that might be helpful to you...

--------[ Windows Devices ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Devices ]

Computer:
ACPI Uniprocessor PC 5.1.2600.0

Disk drives:
Maxtor 6L160P0 5.1.2535.0
Seagate External Drive USB Device 5.1.2535.0

Display adapters:
RADEON 9600 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation) 6.14.10.6462
RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation)6.14.10.6462

DVD/CD-ROM drives:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 5.1.2535.0

Floppy disk controllers:
Standard floppy disk controller 5.1.2600.0

Floppy disk drives:
Floppy disk drive 5.1.2600.0

Human Interface Devices:
USB Human Interface Device 5.1.2600.2180

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers:
Primary IDE Channel 5.1.2600.2180
Secondary IDE Channel 5.1.2600.2180
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571 6.0.6001.282

Imaging devices:
Creative WebCam Instant 1.1.2.729

Keyboards:
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard5.1.2600.2180

Mice and other pointing devices:
HID-compliant mouse 5.1.2600.0

Monitors:
Plug and Play Monitor 5.1.2001.0

Network adapters:
Direct Parallel 5.1.2535.0
VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter - Kaspersky Anti-Virus NDIS Miniport6.4.0.4
VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport5.1.2535.0
VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter 3.84.0.1
WAN Miniport (IP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) - Kaspersky Anti-Virus NDIS Miniport6.4.0.4
WAN Miniport (IP) - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (L2TP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPPOE) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPTP) 5.1.2535.0

Non-Plug and Play Drivers:
AFD
Beep
dmboot
dmload
Fips
Generic Packet Classifier
HTTP
IP Network Address Translator
IPSEC driver
Kaspersky Lab Boot Guard Driver
Kl1
ksecdd
Microsoft Generic AGPv3.0 Filter for K8 Processor Platforms
mnmdd
mountmgr
NDIS System Driver
NDIS Usermode I/O Protocol
NDProxy
NetBios over Tcpip
Null
PartMgr
ParVdm
RDPCDD
Remote Access Auto Connection Driver
Remote Access IP ARP Driver
Remote Access NDIS TAPI Driver
Spyware Terminator Driver 2
TCP/IP Protocol Driver
VgaSave
ViaIde
viasraid
VolSnap

Ports (COM & LPT):
Communications Port (COM1) 5.1.2600.0

Processors:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ 1.0.0.0

SCSI and RAID controllers:
VIA RAID Controller - 3149 5.1.6000.581

Sound, video and game controllers:
Audio Codecs 5.1.2535.0
C-Media AC97 Audio Device 5.12.1.50
Legacy Audio Drivers 5.1.2535.0
Legacy Video Capture Devices 5.1.2535.0
Media Control Devices 5.1.2535.0
Video Codecs 5.1.2535.0

Storage volumes:
Generic volume 5.1.2600.0
Generic volume 5.1.2600.0
Generic volume 5.1.2600.0
Generic volume 5.1.2600.0

System devices:
ACPI Fixed Feature Button 5.1.2600.2180
ACPI Power Button 5.1.2600.2180
ACPI Sleep Button 5.1.2600.2180
Direct memory access controller 5.1.2600.2180
Microcode Update Device 5.1.2600.2180
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System 5.1.2535.0
Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver 5.1.2600.2180
Motherboard resources 5.1.2600.2180
Motherboard resources 5.1.2600.2180
Numeric data processor 5.1.2600.2180
PCI bus 5.1.2600.2180
PCI standard host CPU bridge 5.1.2600.2180
PCI standard host CPU bridge 5.1.2600.2180
PCI standard host CPU bridge 5.1.2600.2180
PCI standard host CPU bridge 5.1.2600.2180
Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator 5.1.2600.2180
Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator 5.1.2600.5512
Programmable interrupt controller 5.1.2600.2180
System board 5.1.2600.2180
System CMOS/real time clock 5.1.2600.2180
System speaker 5.1.2600.2180
System timer 5.1.2600.2180
Terminal Server Keyboard Driver 5.1.2600.2180
Terminal Server Mouse Driver 5.1.2600.2180
VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller 5.1.0.3442
VIA Standard Host Bridge 6.0.0.300
VIA Standard Host Bridge 6.0.0.300
VIA Standard Host Bridge 6.0.0.300
VIA Standard Host Bridge 6.0.0.300
VIA Standard Host Bridge 6.0.0.300
VIA Standard Host Bridge 6.0.0.300
VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge 6.0.0.300
Volume Manager 5.1.2600.2180

Universal Serial Bus controllers:
USB Mass Storage Device 5.1.2600.0
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller 5.1.2600.2180
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller 5.1.2600.2180
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller 5.1.2600.2180
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller 5.1.2600.2180
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller 5.1.2600.0
 
Go to the motherboard manufacturer's website, which appears to be PCCHIPS, and download the sound driver from them.
 
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