No sound. cant work it out

[franky500]

hi. i am now on windows 98 and i dont have any sound.. i have tried a few different drivers bbut none work.. when i go into multimedia it sais i have no playback devices.. how do i fix this.

also i am not sure what sound card i have.or if i only have on bobard sound.

i hope somebody can help me. they tried with my last problem.

Thanks

[phext]

Pull the cover off the thing and see if the sound is onboard or if it is plugged into a pci slot. Do you have any problems in device manager?

[crossedup]

D/L and run AIDA32. The actual maker has quit production and the name has change to Everest, i believe it is called, but the program can still be found at variuos locations.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download181.html

Theres one. See if that can identify it.

If not, you will have to physically inspect the card. Look for silkscreened names on the card (if it is a card) or get the numbers off the larger chip on the card. If its onboard sound, will have to track it down by the motherboard name. AIDA will give you that for sure.

[franky500]

thanmks for thhe help guys... turns out my soundcard is busted.. gonna have to get a new one.. any particular card u would recommend?

[phext]

sound blaster audigy 2 zs seems decent to me, great for gaming. Costs a bit though. Get it without the livedrive and stuff to save money if you don't think you'll need it. I consider it a waste of money. I have all these friends that get it cause it looks cool and they get a remote, wohoo, they never use any of the connections.

[phext]

sound blaster audigy 2 zs seems decent to me, great for gaming. Costs a bit though. Get it without the livedrive and stuff to save money if you don't think you'll need it. I consider it a waste of money. I have all these friends that get it cause it looks cool and they get a remote, wohoo, they never use any of the connections.