no sound

fez00 · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:32

hi ive had to re-install my windows xp everything is fine but have no sound can u please help

fez00 · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:35

this is the make of my motherboard
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Destination · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:46

Onboard sound enabled in BIOS?

Speakers actually plugged in?

Voulme icon not set to mute?

Is the sound output device set as your onboard sound, rather than digital output, or spidf or similar?

Have you installed your motherboard chipset drivers, and sound drivers?

fez00 · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:55

thanks for your responce
how to you enable sound in bios
their is no volume icon and looked on control panel in sound and cannot change anything
ive been on the gigabyte website tried to download the drivers but it extracts then nothing happens

Danny862 · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:02

you have to press a key during startup to access bios
usually F2 F10 or DELETE key
dont mess around with bios if you are unsure
hope you fix it

gillywibble · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:50

Sounds like you need to install the drivers.

SimonC · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:58

right click 'my computer' - 'mange' - 'device manager' is there an exclamation next to sound?

You had sound before you reformatted, if so, as said driver needs to be installed, if you see where the files were extracted to, see if there is a setup.exe that you need to run.