no sound

But as you didn't and there are no missing drivers reported in Computer Management the obvious thing is that while you have installed the sound drivers you have not as yet installed the actual sound software.

If it was On Board Sound grab the M'Board CD and run the Sound Setup program off the CD. If it was a plug in card you'll need the CD that came with the Card and place that CD into the optical drive and install the software off that CD.

That should cure your lack of sound. If that doesn't work post back with the details of the parts used in the way of M'Board/Sound Card Make & Model if they are different.

The other possibility is that if you have On Board Sound it's been turned off in BIOS so to all intents & purposes there is no sound drivers to install as this piece of hardware is invisible to Windows.. You'll need to go into the BIOS and make sure that the sound is enabled and if it still doesn't work unplug the speakers and reboot the computer, wait for it to start and then plug in the front speakers. Many of these New Sound Devices that come built onto the M'Boards with 5.1 or better Surround Sound require their drivers & Software to be installed then they can recognise any speakers that get plugged in, if the speakers where plugged in all the time sometimes they don't see them so you have to unplug them and reboot and then when the system is stable you can plug in the speakers and you should get a message on the screen telling you which speakers that you have plugged in Like Front, Front Centre or whatever.

Col