An Interesting Problem

[Looshi]

Ok, I installed my new hard drive I got from Best Buy today. Everything went great in installation and the new drive works great.

So I start my computing like normal and I realize I have a problem.

My sound doesn't work.

I don't understand how it happened. I didn't touch anything that has to do with sound. I have my sound integrated onto my motherboard, and nobody I talk to knows what could go wrong. I checked all the usual suspects, I checked to make sure my speakers worked. I checked the volume. Everything appears to be plugged in. I even unplugged the hard drive to see if it solved the problem but that didn't do anything.

I'm not sure where to go from here.

[wbc1228]

ahhh..
Try reinstalling the driver for the soundcard (i know the soundcard is integrated into the motherboard, but there is a separate driver for it).

[rockhero]

Is it on mute?

[Scorch]

Is it on mute?

That happened to me once. Rebooted several times, installed drivers.. then saw it was on mute. Man, I felt stupid.

[Looshi]

ahhh..
Try reinstalling the driver for the soundcard (i know the soundcard is integrated into the motherboard, but there is a separate driver for it).

I thought of doing that right after I posted. Took a few minutes to find the drivers on the web, but sure enough, it works. Don't ask me how or why though. I still have no idea what caused the problem.

[SOSTrooper]

There was no problem per say, just missing drivers to make sound card work. It's like you have a car, without the driver, the car won't go, simple as that.

[Ikohn4ever]

maybe u unplugged the speakers, they always says the most obvious solution is usually the correct one

[Technique]

This happen to me a while back when I built my first computer. Every now and then the sound would just die. It would give me a warning saying something about sound not functioning correctly. I would just have to reinstall the drivers, restart, and boom I was on the road again.