Broken Soundcard.....help greatly appreciated

[1Love 0]

Hey,

 

I write alot of remixes to songs and I record them and post them on music myspace,however I had a problem with a computer and I had to reboot the whole thing to scratch.When It was done being rebooted I went online and I noticed I couldn't hear any sounds at all.I chat using AIM and I notice instead of hearing a specific sound all I hear was a "beep" from the computer each time a message was sent and recieved.I thought nothing of it so I downloaded Sony ACID(program I use to record) and I noticed nothing I said was recorded into ACID.Later that day I tried playing music on Windows Media Player and it said something was wrong with my sound device or that my soundcard is broken.What is a soundcard and how do I repair it.Any help is greatly appreciated

[jmmijo 1]

Please provide some more information:

 

Need to know what your motherboard make/model happens to be as most likely you are using the onboard AC97 codec.

 

You should look around first for the motherboard device drivers installation CD.

 

Just insert this disc and you should be able to locate the sound card drivers and install those drivers and reboot the machine.

 

However, if you have a third party sound card, then just note what the make/model of that happens to be and then you again should look around first for a device drivers installation CD and install those drivers.

 

Let us know what you find out too

[1Love 0]

Theres one problem.I lost the orginal CD that came with my computer like 2 years ago.My dad went out and bought one of those Windows XP CDs and used to it reboot it.Could this be the problem?

 

I will try to find out the info you requested.Thanks

[jmmijo 1]

Yes, in that most likely the stock Windows drivers do not properly support your sound card, either onboard or third party.

 

If you can determine if you are using the onboard sound, which most likely you are, then open the case up and look for a make/model of the motherboard.

 

This will help to find which drivers you need for your machine.

 

Also, you can tell if you are using the onboard soundcard if you look to where you connect your speakers and mic to, if it's on the back I/O panel where the keyboar/mouse etc are then you are using the onboard sound.

 

If you are connecting to a back panel expansion bracket then you are most likely using a third party PCI sound card.

 

Either way knowing what the make/model of the motherboard is and the sound card if it's a third party model, will help out a lot