Vista - no sound at all....

Disable the on-board sound in BIOS. Reboot Vista. Make sure its removed from device manager. Shutdown. Enable the sound in the BIOS. Reload the drivers.

shao128,
did all that days ago, even tested ever option in the advanced tab as to quality of the sound coming out. no luck.

hatehereyes,
turtle beach card not in system...hasn't been since before vista install.

scsiraidguru,
tried that, even uninstalled the device and told it to remove the driver. rebooted and it found it right away...still no sound.

anything else?

test your speakers on another computer. Try a headset. Verify the speaker configuration in Vista.

speakers work with two other computers. vista is configured to 2 speaker mode. i actually have two speakers and a sub, but there is no option for 2.1. have tried it in all other modes with no success (5.1...7.1...etc.) are we getting any closer to the root of the problem? does it have a nice short name? is it 5 letters long?

Hi Duceofhearts,

If your not hearing sound after changing the volume levels it means you dont have the correct Audio drivers installed, Whats the manufacturer and model of your motherboard?

i have an m2ne sli from asus. onboard sound worked in xp pro sp2 no problems. latest drivers from asus website installed. the ones specified for the onboard sound for the motherboard for use with vista x64.

Hey Duceofhearts,

Goto this website and download the Audio Driver for your version of Vista: http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

After its installed check your Sound options and try play some audio again...

Steven

that is not my motherboard, this is...and it is the driver i have installed right now.


Vista 64bit
Version V5.12.8.1701 2006/12/11 update Description C-Media CM6501 Audio Driver V5.12.8.1701 for Windows Vista. File Size 5.23 (MBytes) Download from Global China

Thats the link for the motherboard you have plus it doesnt use CMedia drivers it uses ADI drivers, You will need the ADI drivers before you will hear anything...I have a fair few ASUS boards running Vista and they need the ADI drivers and untill you have them the real sound device will not show up in Device Manager

Steven

brilliant plan, but it wont work.
first, i swear on all that is good and holy that mine is the m2n-e sli, there is a difference between to two boards. secondly both the install files:
Vista 64bit
Version V6.10.01.5100 2006/11/13 update Description SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver V6.10.01.5100 for Windows 32/64bit Vista.(Vista beta drivers are for testing only) File Size 3.38 (MBytes) Download from Global China


Vista 64bit
Version 6.10.01.6110 2007/04/10 update Description SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver V6.10.01.6110 for Windows 32bit Vista.(WHQL),V6.10.02.6110 for Windows 64bit Vista.(WHQL) File Size 4.97 (MBytes) Download from Global China

are broken. this error: the file ....\audio_vista_v610005100\audio_vista_v6/10.01.5100\amd64\vista\smwdm.sys is missing

comes up whenever i try to install using setup.exe. when i tried installing thru the device manager and showing it the correct file path vista tells me i have a usb audio device and refuses to consider other options.