my sound wont work

and i dont know which drivers to install for my realtek ac 97 audio, can someone give me a link to the latest driversmy sound wont work
You normally find them at your motherboard makers site.my sound wont work
[QUOTE=''--Anna--'']You normally find them at your motherboard makers site.[/QUOTE]i dont know my mobo makers =(. this is a pre made pc from hp
maybe hp's site has info on the drivers....i have a dell, and dell's site gives you all the drivers you need
if you got a cd with the pc, it might be on there if not try hps site, or open it up and peak around, the sound card you see is actualy just the integrated chipset. so each manufactuer will be diffrent on the drivers.
guys i have tried everything and my sound still wont work.i downloaded the drivers, restarted my computer, re-plugged my speakers.what else is there?
faulty sound card?
[QUOTE=''aaron6581230'']faulty sound card?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=''aaron6581230'']faulty sound card?[/QUOTE]what?can anyone give me anymore advise?
Always start with the basic.

• Check the speaker connection (you said in a previous post that you did this)
• Check to see if the speakers are plugged in and you have power going to the speakers
• Check to make sure that your volume control is not set to muted

To open your volume control:

1. Click on the Start button (or you might have a volume icon to the far right on your task bar - right click on this and open it up - or continue to follow the steps below)
2. Open your Programs menu
3. Open your Accessories menu
4. Open your Entertainment menu
5. Click on Volume Control
6. Make sure that the volume is turned up on everything that you use or need and that none of them have the ''Mute'' box checked

Back to things to check:

• Click on the Start button and choose Run... - in the Run box type in ''dxdiag'' (without quotes) and click on ok. Once Dxdiag completes, click on the sound tab and see if everything is good. If there are any errors with your sound that Dxdiag can detect, it should list your problems in the Notes section at the bottom. You can also try to test your sound here, there should be a Test button on there somewhere.
• Download PC Wizard 2008 and install - then run the program. As soon as it is done running and gathering information on your computer a window for the PC Wizard 2008 will open and list off your System Summary and the list goes in this order: Motherboard, Chipset, Processor, Physical Memory, Video Card, etc... Here you should be able see what motherboard you have in your computer. You can try tracking down the company's website that built your motherboard and see if you can find the latest audio driver.

That is my extent of how to trouble shoot audio problems. Maybe others can offer some advice that I either overlooked or that I don't know about.
[QUOTE=''neatfeatguy''] Always start with the basic.

• Check the speaker connection (you said in a previous post that you did this)
• Check to see if the speakers are plugged in and you have power going to the speakers
• Check to make sure that your volume control is not set to muted

To open your volume control:

1. Click on the Start button (or you might have a volume icon to the far right on your task bar - right click on this and open it up - or continue to follow the steps below)
2. Open your Programs menu
3. Open your Accessories menu
4. Open your Entertainment menu
5. Click on Volume Control
6. Make sure that the volume is turned up on everything that you use or need and that none of them have the ''Mute'' box checked

Back to things to check:

• Click on the Start button and choose Run... - in the Run box type in ''dxdiag'' (without quotes) and click on ok. Once Dxdiag completes, click on the sound tab and see if everything is good. If there are any errors with your sound that Dxdiag can detect, it should list your problems in the Notes section at the bottom. You can also try to test your sound here, there should be a Test button on there somewhere.
• Download PC Wizard 2008 and install - then run the program. As soon as it is done running and gathering information on your computer a window for the PC Wizard 2008 will open and list off your System Summary and the list goes in this order: Motherboard, Chipset, Processor, Physical Memory, Video Card, etc... Here you should be able see what motherboard you have in your computer. You can try tracking down the company's website that built your motherboard and see if you can find the latest audio driver.

That is my extent of how to trouble shoot audio problems. Maybe others can offer some advice that I either overlooked or that I don't know about.[/QUOTE]sry tht you typed that much but i've done that already. i think my onboard sound got fried or something........
[QUOTE=''footballa27''][QUOTE=''neatfeatguy''] Always start with the basic.

• Check the speaker connection (you said in a previous post that you did this)
• Check to see if the speakers are plugged in and you have power going to the speakers
• Check to make sure that your volume control is not set to muted

To open your volume control:

1. Click on the Start button (or you might have a volume icon to the far right on your task bar - right click on this and open it up - or continue to follow the steps below)
2. Open your Programs menu
3. Open your Accessories menu
4. Open your Entertainment menu
5. Click on Volume Control
6. Make sure that the volume is turned up on everything that you use or need and that none of them have the ''Mute'' box checked

Back to things to check:

• Click on the Start button and choose Run... - in the Run box type in ''dxdiag'' (without quotes) and click on ok. Once Dxdiag completes, click on the sound tab and see if everything is good. If there are any errors with your sound that Dxdiag can detect, it should list your problems in the Notes section at the bottom. You can also try to test your sound here, there should be a Test button on there somewhere.
• Download PC Wizard 2008 and install - then run the program. As soon as it is done running and gathering information on your computer a window for the PC Wizard 2008 will open and list off your System Summary and the list goes in this order: Motherboard, Chipset, Processor, Physical Memory, Video Card, etc... Here you should be able see what motherboard you have in your computer. You can try tracking down the company's website that built your motherboard and see if you can find the latest audio driver.

That is my extent of how to trouble shoot audio problems. Maybe others can offer some advice that I either overlooked or that I don't know about.[/QUOTE]sry tht you typed that much but i've done that already. i think my onboard sound got fried or something........[/QUOTE]I didn't see a list of things you tried other then checking your speaker connections and looking for updated drivers. I also didn't see too many suggestions on how to fix the problem. Anyways, I'm a quick enough typer so getting all this out wasn't a big deal. Only took about 6-7 minutes....so it gave me something to do while I was waiting for dinner.