my computer has no sound, and i have no idea why ...it can beep when i do something wrong ..lol...but it wont play any music, movies, or 'you got mail' ..lol

do you kno why this is??...its not like ive never had sound...it just stopped one day... :'(

Sounds like you may need to install something from your motherboard disc, or something like that.

But that happens to my computer when i dont have the drivers installed for my sound, just get your motherboard disc and put that in and see if you can find anything on that to relate to sound

Hope this helps, if not then im pretty stupid and someone else will most probably help

motherboard disc???

<~~~~~complete idiot over here

dunno what that is

lol do you have any discs still that came with your computer? If you do then it will be on one of them, it would have something like 'Motherboard Utilities Disc' on it.

If you dont, then im sure you can get the drivers off the net, just find out what kind of motherboard you have (which you might not know ) and post it.

Also what operating system are you running? Windows?

LMAO!!!

ur right i have NO CLUE as to what motherboard..lol

but umm..are u talkin about like window xp??? cuz thats what i have

Yeah Windows XP.

Ok well basically download this that i have attaced, and unzip it to anywhere(hopefully you know hope to unzip ) and there will be a file called Aida32 with a icon of a computer for it.
Just open that and click on 'motherboard' then 'motherboard' again, then you will see what kind you have:


I have a Gigabyte.

Just post what you have

AHH!! it said it(zipped thingy) was corrupted or invalid

Try this one, it should work!

ok, umm ..how do u unzipp???

Just right click on it and you will see an option like 'Extract'.

AHH!! error....it said that there was no file to extract....

sorry im being such a pian

No file?

omg

I found this on the net HERE
just when you go there click on majorgeeks under download locations, then that will let you download it, then it SHOULD work!

Mwah Mwah Mwah!!!

I Am Victiorous!!!

Motherboard Name......TOSHIBA Satellite A15

lol

Ok i have downloaded, and its here in the attachment:

Just run it and it should sort everything out!

If not then just say

hey toshiba sattelite a15 sounds like a laptop name... i mean, i just wanna know what motherboard, not computer model...

Yeah i think it is a laptop.

Sorry that was me that was the guest! Forgot to log in! Doh

Hi Sky,

In Windows XP, right click on My Computer and go to Properties. Switch to Hardware and then click on Device Manager. Under 'Sound, Video and Game Controllers', are there any entries with a yellow exclamation mark or red x next to them?

Also, could you attach a print screen of the devices under that subtree. It's likely to be a driver problem, in which case you can just remove it and then have Windows redetect it.

Thats a quiker way to do it! lol

yeah you got a whole page on conversation and you went nowhere lol but at least you get your post count up

lol well she doesnt know alot about computers so i was trying to explain slowly!

But still if its fixed then thats all that matters!

LMAO..thanks for breaking it nicely

<~~dummy

but anyways, yeah this is mine and my bro's laptop...u dont kno how many times it get sooo screwed up, and he tells me I have to fix it

i ususally end up making it worse....so far the sound has gone out...the interent wouldnt connect(it's wireless, and it wasnt connectine, but i figed it out), the touch pad wouldnt work at all, and we had to use a mouse(i fixed that too..but by accident), crazy popups constanly and those web trap thingys...comp freezes for no apparent reason(think i got that fixed too)....well its a bran new comp...got it at xmas...but its had a horrible life ...lol...oh and once it said that i didnt have any virtual memory and things wouldnt open and such, but it just stopped for some reason, and now its fine again..LOL

Sorry!

But anyway at least its working!

ok, now...i did what ali said(but i dont kno how the hell to do a print screen)..but this is what it said under the subtree

-Sound, video and game controllers
.........Audio Codecs
.........Legacy Audio Drivers
.........Legacy Video Capture Devices
.........Media Controll Devices
.........Video Codecs


nothing had any red or yellow next to them.....i think im missing something there, huh?

hmm?? no help?? lol....and i got another error saying that my virtual memory was too low, do u kno what this is???

To do a print screen just press the key on your keyboard that says 'Print Screen' its above the arrow keys.

Also about Virtual Memory, check Here i had the problem as well.

Hope this helps

omg!! i hate being dumb ....i dont have a print screen key above the arrows...i have like a blank square that isnt a key, i think its because i have a laptop....but, at the top of all my keys, i have a key that says

PrtSc
Sys Req


is this it?? and if so, how do i use it??? lmao...thanks for helpin me so much lol!

That looks like what it would be!

Press it and go into Microsoft Paint and go to 'Edit » Paste' or just press CTRL + V.

Then it should *appear* then just save it.

But remember to save it as a JPEG!

well i got some suggestions for you tho

looks like ur comp has been infected with spyware. download both adaware 6 adn spybot s&d 1.3

try gettin new sound drivers and stuff

(yeah if you did everything you could in the world format ur drive) reinstall windows

Last resort i would say!

ok, here's what it looks like, its still not fixed..lol..sry bout everything

Right click on 'Multimedia Audio Controller' and choose 'Uninstall'. The next time Windows restarts it will ask you for the driver disk. Do you have it? If not , have a look through http://www.driverguide.com for your device and download the drivers from there.

do you kno what this driver disk might say on it or something???

Read this fully so you don't screw up :

So, I'm too lazy to sign up and what-not. But, just to give you guys some information on this problem, I'd like to say that she's not completely stupid because I've been having this problem for quite some time. My sound just stops working and then I fix it and then later it eventually happens again. Also, yes, I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop. I'm actually very good with computers (I program and do web design [Visual Basic, C++, HTML, CSS, PHP, etc]), so you can trust me it's not your "common" problem. I actually think it must be a problem with Toshiba laptops themselves (or at least the sound card/software they provide maybe), or maybe just how they work with Windows XP. First of all, try going to http://www.microsoft.com/directx. Download DirectX 9.0c and install it. It will require you to reboot. If this doesn't fix your problem, you can try getting a program called DirectX Eradicator or a similar working program to completely uninstall DirectX (Microsoft doesn't give you an uninstaller). After uninstalling, you can then reinstall DirectX (this is what usually works for me). Unfortunately I've been using this fix with 9.0b, not 9.0c. So, if you can find 9.0b, you may want to try that instead. Sorry I can't provide links, I'm just that lazy. Anyway, after 9.0c I can't seem to do this same workaround, so I'm currently searching for another fix. There's another problem I've heard of with Toshiba laptops and sound that's apparentely some drivers under the name "ALi" something. Apparentely you can locate these under the "sound, video and game controllers" section of your Device Manager. Since I didn't see that when you wrote out what you saw, I'm assuming you have the same problem as I do. I hope this will help you solve your problem. Personally if you can get DirectX Eradicator and DirectX 9.0b, you may want to try that first. Like I said, that's how mine was corrected. Remember both require you to restart, and I think you actually have to restart after each separately for it to work. Good luck, and if anyone has a similar problem with a quicker fix or a long-term fix so they sound won't stop working, post it.

Okay, I did some more searching and soon after I made that post I found a solution. I haven't tried it yet, but it's something to try.

No sound after restarting:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su...jsp?soid=608317

System hangs during restarting:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su...jsp?soid=608316

I've had both of these problems and thought maybe you did as well. They cover my models, but I didn't see yours. So, you should probably try updating DirectX first. Then if it happens again, apply these patches. Save them to your favorites or something. Hope I've helped.

1 more thing... They're on separate pages, but they both have the same file for download. So, it must be 1 patch for both problems I guess. Have fun.

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