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by guy west

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Running WinXP Pro. C-Media Sound card devices show no conflicts in device manager. When I go to Sound & Audio devices properties the audio tab says no audio devices, and the audio tab only has modems listed, no sound card. There is no speaker icon in the system tray. I've reloaded sound card drivers, no change. Anyone have some ideas?

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by rewrite

Try removing the sound card in the device manager and then doing a refresh to let the system reinstall it.

Cheers.

RW

by maniskid

Make sure that hidden devices in device manager aren't (in device manager -> goto view then click 'show hidden devices'). This may reveal 'unkown' devices.

Also, to put the sound controller in the system tray you need to go to control panel > sounds and
audio devices and check the box 'place volume icon in the taskbar'

by dmiles

Apperntaly the sound is not installing by using PnP
Insert the software dik in drive,if the cd auto starts,elect to use the Add New Hardware Wizard,do not let windows search and detect new hardware,select to manually install the sound card,select button to chose manf. from list,follow on screen prompts to load device and drivers

by curacao_dejavu

download the latest driver from the manufacturer website. (and extract them)
remove the drivers modem and the soundcard from device manager.
reboot the machine.
Let windows detect the devices and point to the folder with the latest drivers.

Leopold

by douglasb

Have you tried changing the PCI slot for the sound card? Often that fixes the problem.

by nerd32768

One more question, open up internet explorer: go to help, and then click on "about". If the window shows "Version", but no version number, you have probably been infected with a fairly recent virus. In that case, the best way to fix the problem would be to go to www.trendmicro.com, and run "housecall", which will scan for viruses. The other thing that could be causing your problem is DCOM configuration. If you have changed *anything* in DCOM recently, check to see if changing your settings back will fix the problem. The DCOM problem may sound like it is not related and a waste of time, but i have found that to cause problems on two different occasions.

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