reinstalled windows xp with sp2 no audio drivers or sound card now

[Guest huneybunch_2000]

my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to or

reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you can

see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly

appreciated!

[Guest ToddAndMargo]

Re: reinstalled windows xp with sp2 no audio drivers or sound cardnow

 

Re: reinstalled windows xp with sp2 no audio drivers or sound cardnow

 

huneybunch_2000 wrote:

> my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

> reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

> found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to or

> reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you can

> see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly

> appreciated!

 

SP3 probably won't help your sound problem. I'd put it on

anyway, as you will notice about a 10% bump up in performance.

It is a good patch.

 

You have to go to Dell's web site and download the audio driver

for your sound card. You will need the code off the back of your

computer to identify which computer you actually have. (Dell

gives directions on their web site as to how to find this code.)

 

You can also look for your Dell drivers disk. It should be

right next to your Dell Windows disk -- the one your friend used

to reinstall Windows.

 

Good luck. You are doing well. Most reinstall drop video,

sound, network, usb, chipset, yada, yada ...

 

-T

[Guest huneybunch_2000]

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Re: reinstalled windows xp with sp2 no audio drivers or sound card

 

Thank you for your help..I will go there now and see what I can finde :-)

 

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

> huneybunch_2000 wrote:

> > my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

> > reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

> > found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to or

> > reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you can

> > see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly

> > appreciated!

>

> SP3 probably won't help your sound problem. I'd put it on

> anyway, as you will notice about a 10% bump up in performance.

> It is a good patch.

>

> You have to go to Dell's web site and download the audio driver

> for your sound card. You will need the code off the back of your

> computer to identify which computer you actually have. (Dell

> gives directions on their web site as to how to find this code.)

>

> You can also look for your Dell drivers disk. It should be

> right next to your Dell Windows disk -- the one your friend used

> to reinstall Windows.

>

> Good luck. You are doing well. Most reinstall drop video,

> sound, network, usb, chipset, yada, yada ...

>

> -T

>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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Did your friend use the Dell CDs or the hidden Recovery partition to

reinstall Windows?

 

No Service Pack or other update is going to fix this problem.

--

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MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

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huneybunch_2000 wrote:

> my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

> reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

> found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to

> or reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you

> can see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly

> appreciated!

[Guest Kelly]

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Audio:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R94481&SystemID=DIM_P4_4700&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2430&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=3&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=3&fileid=122481

 

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_P4_4700&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

 

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All the Best,

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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

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"huneybunch_2000" <huneybunch_2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:588144DB-0C35-4623-930D-8D678A381824@microsoft.com...

> my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

> reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

> found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to

> or

> reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you

> can

> see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly

> appreciated!

[Guest neutrino]

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Re: reinstalled windows xp with sp2 no audio drivers or sound cardnow

 

On Aug 23, 9:06 am, huneybunch_2000

<huneybunch_2...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

> reinstalled  on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

> found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to or

> reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you can

> see i know very little about a  computer.. your help will be greatly

> appreciated!

 

Go try Windows Update - and you get two choices "express" - "Custom"

choose Custom - it'll show any other updates available besides the

recommended/critical...

and I'm sure withing there will be updates for the sound!

[Guest Richard in AZ]

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"neutrino" <stuartr@bluebottle.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 23, 9:06 am, huneybunch_2000

<huneybunch_2...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2

> reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card

> found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to or

> reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you can

> see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly

> appreciated!

 

Go try Windows Update - and you get two choices "express" - "Custom"

choose Custom - it'll show any other updates available besides the

recommended/critical...

and I'm sure withing there will be updates for the sound!

 

Windows Update wont do much to fix this problem and SP3 definitely will not fix the problem.

 

Go to the Dell support site http://support.dell.com

Put in the "express service code" for your Dell and go to downloads.

There you should be able to get the sound card drivers.