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Captain_dan

Posts: 234
From: somewhere cold but its not snowing yet
Registered: 16-Mar-2004

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 30-Nov-2006 18:49

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got you. sounds like the sound card needs re-installing (the drivers), you could try that as a starting point.

ladybird

Posts: 227
From: Northants
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 30-Nov-2006 20:11

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Great!! Now would you mind explaing, in plain english, howto do it please!

Thanks for all of the help so far to both of you!

Shadow x

Tim Davies-Moss

Posts: 145
From: Shropshire
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 30-Nov-2006 21:09

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follow this..

start

settings

controll panell

add or remove programmes

.. search for a programme with the word audio in it.. i.e realtek ac'97 audio or something like that

make a note of what it is called.. as you will need this later

click change/remove

and uninstall there

when uninstalled you will need to use the original disk that supports your audio driver.. or let me know what it said before.. i.e realtek audio .. and ill locate the driver on the net for you to download

tim

ladybird

Posts: 227
From: Northants
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 30-Nov-2006 21:46

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Nothing with the word Audio in. The only thing I can think of on the list is Realplayer?

What will happen if we don't re-install it? Will it just leave us with no sound.

Our computer is an old one from a Uni library and we're hoping to get a new one for xmas so if it's not too drastic then I'll probably just get rid of it and leave it gone!

Captain_dan

Posts: 234
From: somewhere cold but its not snowing yet
Registered: 16-Mar-2004

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 09:50

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follow this..

start

settings

control panel

add or remove programes

....now please list all entries you find in there, here, and I/we will tell you which is your sound card drivers/program (if it still is installed).

Then we can take it from there.

New computer sounds good!

ladybird

Posts: 227
From: Northants
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 12:52

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A ~Bug's Life Action Game
Ad-Aware SE Personal
Adobe Common File Installer
Adobe Flash Player 9 Active X
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Reader 7.0.8
AVG Free Edition
Disney Interactive Global Comatibility Update June 2003
Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
MailFrontier Desktop
Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2
Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
OneCare
Power DVD
RealPlayer
SpeedTouch USB Software
Thomas And Friends Trouble on the Tracks
Windows Installer 3.1
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live sign-In Assisant
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Yahoo! Anti-spy
Yahoo Toolbar
ZoneAlarm Security Suite

Hmmm, I don't actually know what half of those are - this isn't the same list as when I looked yesterday -must have hit the wrong button!

Tim Davies-Moss

Posts: 145
From: Shropshire
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 13:53

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wierd, your list does not show any sound card driver installed

without me fixing your pc on site.. your only option is to remove your sound card when your pc is fully detatched from the mains.. and install a new sound card

basic ones start at about £7

.. try Maplin at http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=32030&doy=30m11

tim

colster

Posts: 39
From: Southampton, UK
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 15:15

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maybe the computer uses audio on the motherboard rather than a separate sound card?

theblonde

Posts: 35
Registered: 07-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 15:47

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if available:

go to control panel, but go to sound and audio devices, click hardware (last tab), hopefully 'realtek audio' or similar will be listed there, double click on it, go to driver (last tab) and do the uninstall thing as Tim said before.

good luck

xx

lulahell

Posts: 71
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 16:17

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For drivers you dont go into add remove programs.

To check if there is a problem with the sound card do as follows:

Right click My computer and select Manage.

A window should apear with the choice device manager in there click on that.

A selection should appear in the right section window in that selection click on network adaptors.

A drop down menu should appear with your network adaptors in and your sound card should have a name like mentioned before.

If it has a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark in there it has a fault with it.

I hope this helps sorry but i can only tell you how to check if it has a error sorry

but its better than nothing

. I might be able to do more but im more of a hands on type of person but im sure someone else could help once they no the error

.

ladybird

Posts: 227
From: Northants
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 16:25

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lulahell, there's no "manage" there, so I've gone for the option above you.

Just one question, before I do uninstall anything how is it going to affect the computer? What exactly am I uninstalling? This is my hubby's main source of listening to the news in his home country, etc so I don't really want to wipe that for the sake of (hopefully) a few more weeks of this noise.

lulahell

Posts: 71
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 16:40

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Basicly if you un-install a sound card you wont have any sound from your speakers at all i think it would be best to wait for a few weeks till x-mas.

Tim Davies-Moss

Posts: 145
From: Shropshire
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 16:48

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if you cannot be without any sound.. do not uninstall yourself

u need someone to do it for you

a quick option might be to get a USB sound card from a pc store and use headphones or a seperate speaker system

Like this.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-SOUND-CARD-AUDIO-MICROPHONE-ADAPTER-HEADSET-GREEN_W0QQitemZ250055133333QQihZ015QQcategoryZ108984QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

tim

ladybird

Posts: 227
From: Northants
Registered: 05-Nov-2006

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 18:07

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Thanks for your help, all of you! I think we'll just wait patiently and see what Santa brings

Captain_dan

Posts: 234
From: somewhere cold but its not snowing yet
Registered: 16-Mar-2004

Re: Computer advice please!
Posted: 01-Dec-2006 18:14

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Ok, so looks like you have just sound from your motherboard and no separate sound card.

Go to:
>Control panel> Sounds and Audio Devices Properties

On the opening of the page there should be a little speaker icon in the top right, not what the words say next to it.

Then Click the 'Hardware' tab

List the names in the 'Devices' box.
There should be one called something like 'audio drivers'.

From this we can detect which audio drivers you need to re-install i believe.

Good Luck