No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

lcdsantos · 08-15-2008

	Quote:	motarola2
	try a start up repair. that has fixed some odd issues for me, one of them was no sound.

Hi motarola2, thank for the info. My Vista DVD is the first isse, no SP1. My Vista instalation is SP1, upgraded from the Web.

Can I do the repair process in this scenario?

**Ex_Brit** · 08-15-2008

Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD

alternative instructions, mostly the same though...

vLite: Tool For Slipstreaming Windows Vista SP1 » PCMech

Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD

lcdsantos · 08-15-2008

Thanks Ex_Brit, I´ll generate my Vista SP1 boot DVD and use it in the repair process.

**Ex_Brit** · 08-15-2008

You're welcome. That's what I did.

**dmex** · 08-15-2008

Hi lcdsantos,

If you can hear sound that means the drivers are correctly installed and working, so thats not the problem...I guess you may have forgot to set the correct 'default' device for sound to use the correct output for other applications

Control Panel\ Sound\ Playback-Tab
Right-Click the Audio Device and click 'Set As Default'

Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default'

Steven

**Bare Foot Kid** · 08-15-2008

Hello all.

Brink has created this excellent, all inclusive SP1 slipstream tutorial here at Vista forums.
Please, feel free to have a look at it.

Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD

Later

Ted

**johngalt** · 08-15-2008

	Quote:	lcdsantos
	I have a PC with a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x) mobo (GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Overview - GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x)). It comes with a on board Realtek ALC889A sound chipset. I have installed the latest sound driver from Gigabyte (GIGABYTE - Support - Motherboard - Driver - GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x)) but I have a weird case... The Windows events sounds are not working... When Vista starts, when I increase the sound using slide sound systray control, when some clip plays on a youTube clip... No sound! But when I use, for example aimp2 music player, or when I do the realtek audio manager sound test... I got the sound!!! I´m not sure, but I think the problem started after the SP1 upgrade. Best regards, Luis Santos

	Quote:	dmex
	Hi lcdsantos, If you can hear sound that means the drivers are correctly installed and working, so thats not the problem...I guess you may have forgot to set the correct 'default' device for sound to use the correct output for other applications Control Panel\ Sound\ Playback-Tab Right-Click the Audio Device and click 'Set As Default' Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default' Steven

Hmmm - that would make sense but it still concerns me that AIMP will play music.....

lcdsantos · 08-16-2008

	Quote:	dmex
	Hi lcdsantos, Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default' Steven

Hi Steven, thanks for trying help. I have already double checked this and the default playback is already correctly setted to the analog output.

Look the dialog. It´s in brazilian portuguese, but you can easy confirm this by the icons... "Auto-falantes" means loudspeakers in portuguese.

It I right-click on auto-fal... err... loudspeakers and test them, the sound works! Look the second picture, where you can see the "vu meter" sound feedback:

Icons and GUI are really a little great invention. Thanks parc.

**johngalt** · 08-16-2008

Gods, I am an idiot...

Santos - if you click *once* on the sound icon in the system notification area, you get a popup with has the volume level and the word mixer underneath - if you click on mixer, you get the Sound mixer - check to see if Windows Sounds are muted or not...

Muted:

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**Ex_Brit** · 08-16-2008

John you're a genius, I'd forgotten all about that mixer. I'm hoping that's the answer.

08-15-2008	#12 (permalink)
Ex_Brit Older But No Wiser Join Date: Aug 2007 XP Pro SP3/Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 RC x64 367 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD alternative instructions, mostly the same though... vLite: Tool For Slipstreaming Windows Vista SP1 » PCMech Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD
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08-15-2008	#13 (permalink)
lcdsantos Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Vista Business SP1 32bit 8 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 Thanks Ex_Brit, I´ll generate my Vista SP1 boot DVD and use it in the repair process.
My System Specs

08-15-2008	#14 (permalink)
Ex_Brit Older But No Wiser Join Date: Aug 2007 XP Pro SP3/Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 RC x64 367 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 You're welcome. That's what I did.
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08-15-2008	#15 (permalink)
dmex ɠɛɐǨ Join Date: May 2007 Windows Vista™ Ultimate 2,627 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 Hi lcdsantos, If you can hear sound that means the drivers are correctly installed and working, so thats not the problem...I guess you may have forgot to set the correct 'default' device for sound to use the correct output for other applications Control Panel\ Sound\ Playback-Tab Right-Click the Audio Device and click 'Set As Default' Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default' Steven
My System Specs

08-15-2008	#16 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Technophile Wannabe Join Date: Feb 2008 Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win. 7 64-bit 7229 Win. Server 2008 XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,074 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 Hello all. Brink has created this excellent, all inclusive SP1 slipstream tutorial here at Vista forums. Please, feel free to have a look at it. Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD Later Ted
My System Specs

08-16-2008	#19 (permalink)
johngalt Antidisestablishmentarian Join Date: May 2008 Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 Gods, I am an idiot... Santos - if you click once on the sound icon in the system notification area, you get a popup with has the volume level and the word mixer underneath - if you click on mixer, you get the Sound mixer - check to see if Windows Sounds are muted or not... Muted: Not muted:
My System Specs

08-16-2008	#20 (permalink)
Ex_Brit Older But No Wiser Join Date: Aug 2007 XP Pro SP3/Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 RC x64 367 posts	Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1 John you're a genius, I'd forgotten all about that mixer. I'm hoping that's the answer.
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