Boot Fail - Windows Audio Service Not Starting?

Guitarman0 · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:11

I just started up my PC from sleep and for some reason the audio wasn't working. The slider worked fine and when I played music the little gain bar appeared but I was getting no output through my speakers. Therefore I tried restarting my PC and my PC just stuck on the windows 7 animation screen. I can boot into safe mode but for some reason windows audio service won't start. Could this be my reason for my failed boot? I have not installed any new programs recently so have no idea what could have caused this.

Also how can I find out what is causing the halt at boot up?

I am running Windows 7 Professional by the way.

Cheers

ChrisD. · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:15

Built in sound or sound card? Try disabling it in the BIOS if it's built in and removing the card if you have one to see if it's a hardware issue, if not and you can't boot at all then try a system restore if you have something recent.

Guitarman0 · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:42

MilanoChris said:
Built in sound or sound card? Try disabling it in the BIOS if it's built in and removing the card if you have one to see if it's a hardware issue, if not and you can't boot at all then try a system restore if you have something recent.

The machine seems to boot fine when I remove my sound card. I will try replacing it now and see if it wants to work again. Thanks mate

EDIT: Replaced sound card, all works fine now. Come to think of it I removed the card yesterday (completely forgot) to access bits on the mobo and probably didn't replace it properly. Thanks again

ChrisD. · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:46

Might just need reseating, I had similar this with my X-Fi a few weeks back. At least if the card is knackered you can use on board (cringe unless you have post processing) for the time being.