no sound on my vista PC, help!

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humbucker413

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I'm having a major problem with my sound...

No sound: it's just not working, and whenever I try to change the volume from the taskbar, a window pops up saying "Volume Control Applet is not responding". Also when I right-click on the sound icon and go to 'playback devices' and then go to the recording tab, it freezes (the window) and says "Windows Shell Common dll is not responding. (I don't know if this is related but my iTunes isn't working, I double-click to listen but the little time bar at the top doesn't move at all, but the window does not freeze)

Please help, I'll post pics if needed

P.S. - System Restore is not an option, I disabled it after I got a virus that supposedly comes from using it...

Specs:
Vista Home Premium 32bit (pre-installed in PC), 2942MB RAM
Sound - Realtek High-Definition Audio
Video - NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (might have something to do with it I recently updated the video driver from the site, then I experienced this problem so I checked windows update, then I installed ANOTHER updowndate from there)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion a6042n
    Memory
    2942MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
I also forgot to mention that whenever I shutdown/restart, a message pops up saying I have to close explorer.exe before shutdown because it's playing "turning off" sound (kinda funny, but not good).
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion a6042n
    Memory
    2942MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
anybody? It actually got worse, now there's a red X on my sound icon in the taskbar. Says " No Audio Output Device is Installed".
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion a6042n
    Memory
    2942MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
humbucker413 said:
anybody? It actually got worse, now there's a red X on my sound icon in the taskbar. Says " No Audio Output Device is Installed".
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Go into your device manager and uninstall the sound card. Reboot the system and let windows re-install the driver.

See if that helps, has worked wonders in my years of fixing machines in many instances.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    AMD 5400+ Black
    Motherboard
    ECS A780GM-A 1.1
    Memory
    4gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI X850XT Still a decent card
    Sound Card
    audigy 2 platinum with front header
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL2002W
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    2x 500gig Seagate SATAll and a 160gig IDE
    PSU
    PC Power and Cooling Silencer 610W
    Cooling
    Artic Cooling Freezer Pro CPU and many case fans
    Internet Speed
    13mb down 512kb up
I have never had any problems with the drivers for www.3Dguru.com check there
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel duo core 3.1 ghz
    Motherboard
    P5N-D
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 512 Radeon 4850
    Sound Card
    older Audigy
    Hard Drives
    waiting for solid state
    PSU
    Chou Riki 850w
    Case
    antec P193
    Cooling
    insane air flow
Nothing, uninstalling then reinstalling didn't work. This is starting to annoy me because I'm a heavy music listener and the best speakers are on my PC. I forgot to mention that when I try to change the volume using the little icon, the little "applet" freezes. Well anymore help is appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion a6042n
    Memory
    2942MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
if you are that into music i would get a good sound card. one with a fiber optic output. That would come with really good drivers and your music would sound better to boot.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel duo core 3.1 ghz
    Motherboard
    P5N-D
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 512 Radeon 4850
    Sound Card
    older Audigy
    Hard Drives
    waiting for solid state
    PSU
    Chou Riki 850w
    Case
    antec P193
    Cooling
    insane air flow
I'd rather stick with this sound card (I'm cheap:)). It's just that the sound was working fine up until now (2-3 years) then now it just stopped. I just really want this to be fixed. If there's anyway to fix this then please help, if not THEN I'll resort to buying a new sound card or I'll just send my computer to someone to fix it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion a6042n
    Memory
    2942MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
try reinstalling i tunes
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel duo core 3.1 ghz
    Motherboard
    P5N-D
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 512 Radeon 4850
    Sound Card
    older Audigy
    Hard Drives
    waiting for solid state
    PSU
    Chou Riki 850w
    Case
    antec P193
    Cooling
    insane air flow
diseaseinfested said:
if you are that into music i would get a good sound card. one with a fiber optic output. That would come with really good drivers and your music would sound better to boot.
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fiber optic output (SPDIF) is only usefull if you have a digital receiver or a speakerset that supports it (for instance Logitech's Z-5500 set). Moreover if you are using the SPDIF out basically your audiocard won't actually be doing any music processing.. it will just take the AC3/DTS stream from the music/video file you are playing and directly send that out the SPDIF jack. All the processing is done by your receiver.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me, myself and I
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E 8500
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q3 DELUXE
    Memory
    4x 1GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus GeForce 9800GTX+
    Sound Card
    SoundBlaster X-Fi X-treme gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    1x 250gb SATA
    4x 1TB SATA in RAID5
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 650Watt
    Case
    CoolerMaster 690
    Cooling
    4x 140mm, 3x 120mm, 1x 80mm casefans
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ADSL 12mbit/s
    Other Info
    My other OS is a Linux =)
well I fixed it, just followed and did EVERYTHING this told me to do Resolving Sound Problems in Windows Vista* had to go to the BIOS, for some reason it was disabled (in the middle of the day?) and I had to re-enable it (on-board/audio codec). Thanks for all the help anyways, I really appreciate it :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion a6042n
    Memory
    2942MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
i use my stereo receiver as my speakers. you really cant ask for better sound than that. no luck on the sound then i take it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel duo core 3.1 ghz
    Motherboard
    P5N-D
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 512 Radeon 4850
    Sound Card
    older Audigy
    Hard Drives
    waiting for solid state
    PSU
    Chou Riki 850w
    Case
    antec P193
    Cooling
    insane air flow
humbucker413 said:
well I fixed it, just followed and did EVERYTHING this told me to do Resolving Sound Problems in Windows Vista* had to go to the BIOS, for some reason it was disabled (in the middle of the day?) and I had to re-enable it (on-board/audio codec). Thanks for all the help anyways, I really appreciate it :)
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I almost told you to check your bios but for some reason i could not see it disabling itself for no reason. Either way glad your back in business
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel duo core 3.1 ghz
    Motherboard
    P5N-D
    Memory
    8 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 512 Radeon 4850
    Sound Card
    older Audigy
    Hard Drives
    waiting for solid state
    PSU
    Chou Riki 850w
    Case
    antec P193
    Cooling
    insane air flow
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