dell sound problem

[tismehi]

on my sons oldish dell dimension 4700, there is no sound.

i reformatted the hdd and obtained the drivers from dell with the service tag.

i'm pretty sure i've the correct driver for the machine but still no sound.

the speakers i have tried on another machine and they are ok.

in the bios i tried onboard audio on and off too.

i could always take out the card and replace it with a cheapish card from ebay but i thought i'll have one more attempt with a post here.

[DirtyPolo]

Is it built in Audio or a seperate sound card?

 

If it is seperate, you will need the drivers from the makers website, such as Creative.

[tismehi]

cheers for that.

i suppose if i removed the card the onboard sound should work after a restart and selected in the bios.

i could also then try to obtain the card model number from it.

[DirtyPolo]

if you remove the card, the onboard audio should kick in after a restart IF your mobo does have onboard audio. Edited January 30, 2009 by DirtyPolo

[tismehi]

i removed the card, booted up & shut down again, then fitted the card again and it found it.

alls well again. the wonder of windows again.

many thanks