i recently (yesterday) lost my sound from a realtek alc888 device driver. it all started very simple, in my status bar, pop ups continued to, uhhh.... well, pop up, stating that i just unplugged a device from the driver, then it would tell me i plugged it back in, all the time doing nothing remotely close to these insane accusations, i continued without really worrying about it. until i actually lost my sound, and it went crazy with those pop ups. so i uninstalled the driver, reboot, installed new driver from realtek, and it worked for like 4 hours, then no sound again. uninstalled driver, reboot, install, reboot, no sound, and i am apparently continuously unplugging the jack like a madman. so, another uninstall, reboot, but this time i install the driver from the cd i got with my pc (dell inspiron 530s-120b), now this actually got me somewhere, well sort of, now it tells me that everything is wonderful when it comes to my sound, drivers are installed, speakers are "working", but there is still no actual sounds blasting me in the face as what would be happening with these things cranked to the max. oh yeah, i even tried plugging them into the front jack, but strangely the system simply does not recognize this, and continues to let me know that i have unplugged them, but i do hear that split second of speaker static when i plug them in, so at least the speakers know whats going on. i also tried restoring, but it seems you cant do that if you never actually made a restore point, im new to vista, so had i known i would have no restore options, i would of made one, but i guess that wouldnt be this much fun. anyone with any help for me would be greatly appreciated, i have spent about 7 hours googleing and downloading, and trying all sorts of new and exciting ways of accomplishing absolutely nothing. thank you kindly for your time, and please help soon.
lost the sound from realtek alc888, nothing but chaos has followed
- Thread starter frigs
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BulletProof
New Member
Hi frigs,
Sorry to hear you have no sound at all!
My problem is very low sound, even when all settings are at maximum volume. It's just way too low for watching movies or listening to music. So far I've updated to the latest driver from Realtek, but it made no differnce
Just out of interest how was your sound before this happened, was it loud enough or very low. I'm tearing my hair out trying to find a fix for this!
Sorry to hear you have no sound at all!
My problem is very low sound, even when all settings are at maximum volume. It's just way too low for watching movies or listening to music. So far I've updated to the latest driver from Realtek, but it made no differnce
Just out of interest how was your sound before this happened, was it loud enough or very low. I'm tearing my hair out trying to find a fix for this!
My Computer
avgwarhawk
Power User
Go to the sound control program
and look for the sound accelerator. Make adjustments with it and see if it helps.
and look for the sound accelerator. Make adjustments with it and see if it helps.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Cyberpower
- CPU
- AMD Phenom X4 9850
- Motherboard
- MSI K9N SLI V2
- Memory
- 8 GIG DDR 800
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 9800 GT 512mb
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SyncMaster 220wm
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi something or other 500 gigs
- PSU
- 650 watts
the sound was absolutely fine, it just started to get what seemed to be connection issues with the pop ups i was getting, i've gone into all the sound options i can find, it shows that everything is working fine, even shows fluctuating sounds bars when when things are outputting sound, testing the sound works flawlessly, well except for the fact that there is no actual sound. i was unable to find any sound accelerator program, and i still occasionally get the pop ups still. this is truely madness, i think it might be that realtek blows, i have found similar issues with them that have been going on for over a year now, and they seem to be offering no help, and saying it is not there problem.
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so this is what i did, i reformatted my pc
, only to eventually install kaspersky, scan my pc, and find that i was scanning files i had before i reformatted, so, i found out how to actually reformat vista:sa:, wtf???? i did that, re-installed all the drivers:sa:, actually got rid of every pre-existing file on my pc, back to factory, and still no sound. so i am completely :sa
##### off, to put it nicely. the only thing i can think of is to buy a different sound card, and send this realtek p.o.s. to realtek attached with a highly explosive device that detonates upon opening. i had to find something to do in the 8 hours it took me to do all this, so i decided to play beer pong with myself, so let me tell you how i feel about realtek right now. everything still says it works fine, all the sound is up in all the options i have available, but i hear f'ing nothing, so it may be time to actually smash something untill i feel better. any help, again, is greatly appreciated.
, only to eventually install kaspersky, scan my pc, and find that i was scanning files i had before i reformatted, so, i found out how to actually reformat vista:sa:, wtf???? i did that, re-installed all the drivers:sa:, actually got rid of every pre-existing file on my pc, back to factory, and still no sound. so i am completely :sa##### off, to put it nicely. the only thing i can think of is to buy a different sound card, and send this realtek p.o.s. to realtek attached with a highly explosive device that detonates upon opening. i had to find something to do in the 8 hours it took me to do all this, so i decided to play beer pong with myself, so let me tell you how i feel about realtek right now. everything still says it works fine, all the sound is up in all the options i have available, but i hear f'ing nothing, so it may be time to actually smash something untill i feel better. any help, again, is greatly appreciated.My Computer
Hello all,
I am bumping up this thread after 740 days, because I am facing the same issues as described by frigs. I did a re-install, format and everything related to device manager and sounds, or for that case, whatever that comes to my mind. Did anyone finally get a solution on this?
Thanks!
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- AMD 6000+
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H Ver 1.0
- Memory
- 2GB Transcend DDR2 800Mhz
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC888 On-Board Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 940BW LCD
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Thinkpad T400
- CPU
- Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
- Motherboard
- LENOVO 64734VM
- Memory
- 2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
- Sound Card
- Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15 inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- 1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
- Internet Speed
- Medium for New Zealand
- Other Info
- Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
Only ever used a laptop.
Also use USB Freeview TV Card
Lenovo Docking Station
External Speakers
Other bits a pieces as needed
I already did that but it didn't work. Anything else you could suggest?
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- AMD 6000+
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H Ver 1.0
- Memory
- 2GB Transcend DDR2 800Mhz
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC888 On-Board Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 940BW LCD
Hi,
Have you done a AV & malware check recently? If not:-
First, to assist in the elimination of possible virus and/or malware.
I would ask you to please use your Anti-virus full scan program facilities, making sure, you have updated the software first. Please advise us of the results.
If you do not have any anti-virus loaded please go to this link and download Microsoft Security Essentials :- Anti-Malware, Virus, Spyware Protection | Microsoft Security Essentials
Secondly, please download:- malwarebytes Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download a Malware searching program, again, an updated full scan. Notify results please. Both these programs are Freeware
Have you done a AV & malware check recently? If not:-
First, to assist in the elimination of possible virus and/or malware.
I would ask you to please use your Anti-virus full scan program facilities, making sure, you have updated the software first. Please advise us of the results.
If you do not have any anti-virus loaded please go to this link and download Microsoft Security Essentials :- Anti-Malware, Virus, Spyware Protection | Microsoft Security Essentials
Secondly, please download:- malwarebytes Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download a Malware searching program, again, an updated full scan. Notify results please. Both these programs are Freeware
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
- CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
- Motherboard
- M2N68-LA (Narra)
- Memory
- 2.50GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia GeForce
- Sound Card
- Realtec ALC888 Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" LCD Monitor
- Hard Drives
- 160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
- Other Info
- HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
Ok, I did virus/malware scans, formatted my HDD two times, reinstalled drivers, did everything , but no sound still!
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- AMD 6000+
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H Ver 1.0
- Memory
- 2GB Transcend DDR2 800Mhz
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC888 On-Board Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 940BW LCD
What is the Make & Model Number of Your Computer?
E.g. Dell 1545 Laptop,……… HP SR5019UK PC……………
See if this info. & sub-links help?
No sound in Windows
Thank you.
E.g. Dell 1545 Laptop,……… HP SR5019UK PC……………
See if this info. & sub-links help?
No sound in Windows
Thank you.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
- CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
- Motherboard
- M2N68-LA (Narra)
- Memory
- 2.50GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia GeForce
- Sound Card
- Realtec ALC888 Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" LCD Monitor
- Hard Drives
- 160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
- Other Info
- HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
Hello Pd5009,
Try getting the Chipset driver and installing it first then after a reboot install the Audio Driver from Gigabyte the makers of your motherboard.
Gigabyte - Support & Downloads
Hopefully, this may solve your problem.
Thanks.
Arvin
Try getting the Chipset driver and installing it first then after a reboot install the Audio Driver from Gigabyte the makers of your motherboard.
Gigabyte - Support & Downloads
Hopefully, this may solve your problem.
Thanks.
Arvin
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP dv2519tu pavillion Laptop
- CPU
- 1.50 GHz
- Motherboard
- Winstron
- Memory
- 2.5 gig RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- intel onboard
- Sound Card
- Conexant HD Smart Audio HD2
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP Brightview Display
- Screen Resolution
- 1280X800
- Hard Drives
- SATA - 160 + 500 GB
- PSU
- HP
- Case
- HP Laptop
- Cooling
- Air
- Keyboard
- HP Laptop
- Mouse
- HP
- Internet Speed
- 4 MB/SEC-Download, 2 MB/SEC-Upload