unable to play any sounds

[Guest Boze]

A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I

tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out

 

Trying to play a MP3 gets the 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"

 

The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard

installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager

 

I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /

codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to

run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach

 

Thanks in advance for any help

 

Boze

[Guest Andrew E.]

RE: unable to play any sounds

 

In device mgr,expand the sound tree,R.click all sound hardware (one at a

time)

select "uninstall" do all w/o restarting pc,once thru,close out,restart

pc.XP will

reinstall youre sound hardware on restart.If it still fails,go to

run,type:DXDIAG

Run the Direct X tests.

 

"Boze" wrote:

> A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I

> tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out

>

> Trying to play a MP3 gets the 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"

>

> The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard

> installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager

>

> I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /

> codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to

> run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach

>

> Thanks in advance for any help

>

> Boze

>

>

>

[Guest Kelly]

Re: unable to play any sounds

 

Go to the manufactures website and download the appropriate driver/s.

 

--

 

All the Best,

Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

 

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

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

 

 

"Boze" <boze@somewhere.com> wrote in message

news:e7XPbgopIHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I

>tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out

>

> Trying to play a MP3 gets the 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"

>

> The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard

> installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager

>

> I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /

> codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to

> run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach

>

> Thanks in advance for any help

>

> Boze

>

[Guest Boze]

Re: unable to play any sounds

 

Thanks. We got it going again.

 

"Boze" <boze@somewhere.com> wrote in message

news:e7XPbgopIHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I

>tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out

>

> Trying to play a MP3 gets the 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"

>

> The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard

> installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager

>

> I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /

> codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to

> run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach

>

> Thanks in advance for any help

>

> Boze

>

[Guest PG]

Re: unable to play any sounds

 

I am having a similar problem and also have an asus mb.

 

Which solution resolved your problem? Updating drivers or uninstalling and

rebooting?

 

"Boze" wrote:

> Thanks. We got it going again.

>

> "Boze" <boze@somewhere.com> wrote in message

> news:e7XPbgopIHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> >A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I

> >tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out

> >

> > Trying to play a MP3 gets the 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"

> >

> > The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard

> > installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager

> >

> > I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /

> > codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to

> > run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach

> >

> > Thanks in advance for any help

> >

> > Boze

> >

>

>

>