"Problem with my sound device"

[manic111]

I turned my PC on this morning, and couldnt get any sound working-I am using the P35C-DS3R onboard audio. When I try using Windows Media Player I get a message saying that there is a problem with my sound device-it is either in use by another program or it is faulty. It has been fine up until now-any idea what is wrong?

I have checked device manager and everything is fine.

 

[manic111]

Ive just restarted, and everything is back to normal-I will do the driver update though, as I probably ought to anyway. How do you update mobo drivers? I assume its pretty similar to any other update-Im just worried about doing the mobo as it is fairly important!!! If you could give me a brief walkthrough it would be appreciated.

 

[manic111]

Hehe that isnt the bit Im worried about-its all downloading fine. I was more wondering if I need to wipe the old drivers etc, or whether I can just install these over them? Cheers for the help.