No sound but everything seems to be working

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jesse6384

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Back in June I installed Vista onto my machine (prior to this I ran xp for 3 years and the sound worked). I was ok with the sound not working since I had a bluetooth headset which worked fine...It's starting to get annoying now.

I have a gigabyte motherboard with AC'97 (ALC850 codec) on board sound card. The driver is up to date. I have the volume icon, and it shows my speakers in the play back device section. When I play an audio file, the green bar lights up on the speaker icon.

I can't find the thread now but I did try the suggestion of opening up the playback devices, right clicking in an empty area and showing all disabled devices...there wasn't any devices hidden.

Hopefully I provided enough information, if not please ask. I really don't want to buy a sound card but it's looking like I might not have a choice.

Thanks,
Jesse
 

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Check to see if you can find updated chipset drivers.
 

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Its start > control panel > sound

That will show you the advanced sound options. It wil also test the sound, if you hear sound during the tests then its a software / configuration issue.
 

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Jonathan King said:
Check to see if you can find updated chipset drivers.
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Yes, the chipset driver was updated. Back in June I had to get the chipset driver update for my graphics card to work on vista. I suspect that the problem is probably along these lines.

Its start > control panel > sound

That will show you the advanced sound options. It wil also test the sound, if you hear sound during the tests then its a software / configuration issue.
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stat > control panel > sound, then right clicking the speaker icon and selecting test shows the green bar bouncing up and down as if the speaker is working.
 

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well I'd try checking the speakers/headphones on another pc just to make sure if its not them.
also how do you plug it into your case (in the front or the top or at the back?) - if its on the front or top of your case, the line in might just have been knocked out of position inside, so it might be better to plug it into the back.
Also you might want to select your playback device. play some music (there wont be any sound) make sure your headset or whatever you use is plugged into the back of your case - right click the volume icon in the system tray, and select playback devices - choose the one that has the green bar oscillating and set as default - might be your problem.
 

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