No sound on new comp after installing WinXP SP2

[Guest Industrial One]

There's no sound device detected on the Sound Devices menu in Control

Panel. If I try to open a sound file with WinAMP I get an error

message saying "BadDirect(something)."

 

I'm guessing since my computer's new hardware, sound card etc. is

dated AFTER 2002 when this SP package of Windows XP was released, it

does not recognize it. I do not have internet access with that comp,

so Windows update is out of question. What do I need to install to

resolve this issue?

 

Thanks.

[Guest cf]

Re: No sound on new comp after installing WinXP SP2

 

Of historical note on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:41:54 -0700 (PDT)

Industrial One <industrial_one@hotmail.com> scribed:

 

|There's no sound device detected on the Sound Devices menu in Control

|Panel. If I try to open a sound file with WinAMP I get an error

|message saying "BadDirect(something)."

|

|I'm guessing since my computer's new hardware, sound card etc. is

|dated AFTER 2002 when this SP package of Windows XP was released, it

|does not recognize it. I do not have internet access with that comp,

|so Windows update is out of question. What do I need to install to

|resolve this issue?

|

|Thanks.

 

After installing Windows did you install the drivers for the motherboard, audio and video cards, etc?

 

If not that's where I'd start. You should have the drivers on the installation disks for the devices. If not, visit the mfgs sites for each device and download the drivers. Then burn them to CD/DVD so you can install them since that computer doesn't have Internet access.

 

Windows intall disks do not always have every single driver, even if it includes a SP, which you didn't specify which SP, 1 or 2. Besides, the mfg drivers are usually better and more up-to-date then the ones Windows installs, IMO.

 

hth

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[Guest Malke]

Re: No sound on new comp after installing WinXP SP2

 

Industrial One wrote:

> There's no sound device detected on the Sound Devices menu in Control

> Panel. If I try to open a sound file with WinAMP I get an error

> message saying "BadDirect(something)."

>

> I'm guessing since my computer's new hardware, sound card etc. is

> dated AFTER 2002 when this SP package of Windows XP was released, it

> does not recognize it. I do not have internet access with that comp,

> so Windows update is out of question. What do I need to install to

> resolve this issue?

>

 

Your post is a bit unclear, but it sounds to me like you've done a clean

install of Windows and forgotten to install drivers for your hardware. This

would explain why you don't have any sound.

 

You'll need to get the drivers from a computer with an Internet connection

and burn them to CD-R or put them on a usb thumbdrive if you have one with

enough capacity.

 

Even if you didn't do a clean install, it certainly sounds like you are

missing drivers. See below for general drivers information.

 

Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:

 

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR

2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR

3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM computer

(HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

 

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.

 

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

 

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.

2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific model

machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)

3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc

Advisor or System Information for Windows.

 

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor

http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows

 

Malke

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[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: No sound on new comp after installing WinXP SP2

 

"Industrial One" wrote in message

news:bcf38591-653b-46f3-8312-3a7547e48f86@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

> There's no sound device detected on the Sound Devices menu in

> Control

> Panel. If I try to open a sound file with WinAMP I get an error

> message saying "BadDirect(something)."

>

> I'm guessing since my computer's new hardware, sound card etc. is

> dated AFTER 2002 when this SP package of Windows XP was released, it

> does not recognize it. I do not have internet access with that comp,

> so Windows update is out of question. What do I need to install to

> resolve this issue?

 

 

You are building a "new comp" but you have never heard of "drivers"?

If you want your hardware supported by an OS, get the drivers for that

hardware that run under that OS.

 

"new comp" says absolutely nothing about brand and model if it is a

pre-built. If you built it then you know what are the brand and model

of each component that you installed in the system, so you would also

know where to find the drivers for that hardware. Vague questions

beget vague answers, which is: install the driver for whatever

hardware is in your "new comp".

 

Read:

http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html

[Guest Industrial One]

Re: No sound on new comp after installing WinXP SP2

 

On Mar 15, 11:14 pm, "VanguardLH" <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:

>[snip]

 

Eh, takin a nap b4 nxt post brb

 

I'm using a desktop, Intel Pendium D 3 GHz, 1GB RAM, 20 GB of pre-

installed bullshit covered with a sweet perfume (Vista.)