Another NO Sound problem

[beamo1]

Hi

I am running win XP, played a mp3 ringtone and then no sound, followed troubleshoot but noticed my device is saying HD Audio rear output???

I have tried to change this on the drop down menue but it is the only one available???

I have had this problem once befor about 6 mths agao and for the life of me can not remember how it was sorted.

 

Any help in any way would be helpfull

 

I was downloading a ringtone from a site, tested the ring tone on the site , sound ok, again in media player, sound ok

downloaded one more but this time no sound, no matter what.

Strange!!!

 

Thanks in advance for any help

Beamo1

[Guest Wolfeymole]

What is the file format of the sound clip Beamo, eg .wmp or .wav etc?

[beamo1]

File format

 

Hi

The one in question at time of download was MP3.

But since then it can be any, just no sound at all

Thanks

[beamo1]

More problems

 

Hi Wolfeymole

 

Just located downloaded file and tried to play it, I got this message:

 

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Do you mean you have no sound whatsoever Beano?

 

EDIT:

What version of WMP do you have Beano?

[beamo1]

No Sound

 

HI Wolf

 

Yes that is correct I have NO sound what so ever

[beamo1]

WMP

 

I think it is WMP 11

Just checked and YES WMP 11

Edited November 2, 2008 by beamo1

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Ok do you have onboard sound or a sound card as you may need an updated sound driver?

 

What is the make and model of your PC?

[Plastic Nev]

Hi Beamo, is your sound system a separate sound card, or is it part of the system mother board? Whichever it is, let us know the type and any information on it.

Have you had a look at properties? any exclamation marks?

[beamo1]

Sound Card

 

Hi Wolf

As far as I know it is an onboard sound card, but were would I find out such details

The PC was bought from Aldi

It is a Pentium ® D CPU 2.80 GHZ

2.80 Ghz, 1 Gig Ram

 

Thats all I know

went to device manger and in the sound, video and game controllers .No markings of any sort but do have a ? in other devices

Edited November 2, 2008 by beamo1

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Would I be right in saying this is a Medion PC?

 

If so go here and enter your details to get the latest sound driver for your machine.

 

MEDION UK

 

Click Service and Support.

[beamo1]

Medion PC

 

Yep thats it, I will go the site and report back with out come of any actions

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Please do Beamo.

[beamo1]

Drivers

 

Hi Wolf

I went to Medion site and it gave so many, I downloaded the one that looked like the one for my pc and it still didnt work even worse it made my pc really slow on the internet.

 

Just lost with it, thinking uninstall the drivers and re install, what do u think.

What gets me is that when I go into sounds it still shows HD Rear output and wont play window sounds and keeps putting me back to NO sound installed.

 

 

any more ideas??

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Give me the exact make and model of the pc along with the serial number and I will have a look.

[beamo1]

Uninstalled driver

 

Hi Wolf, I decided to say S*d it and uninstalled the whole driver thing, noticed there was a scan for hardware changes, this after uninstall found new driver on the bios and loaded it.

 

I went to back of pc and un plugged everything, plugged it all back in after 60 seconds,(Old friend of mine was aplant engineer and said he use to do that with computerised systems) and low and behold, played a mp3 and blasted me ears off.

Done, dont know how but done.......... still no windows sounds but hey I can live without them.

 

Thanks for your help by the way.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

It's good to hear your back rockin Beamo :)

 

Lets us know if you get any other problems mate.

[beamo1]

Will do wolf :D