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Sound card
My sound card on my stand alone PC is dead and its Windows XP. I need to know if there is someone that can come to our condo and sort this out. Any help will be useful. But I dont want to open the back and try and do it myself
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Firstly I have downloaded updated drivers.........so I believe it not that.
When I get a call via skype I can hear it ring every so slightly and hence I have come to the idea that the sound card is not well. It was ok before the shippers packed and moved it to SG.
If I am wrong please point me in the right direction.
When I get a call via skype I can hear it ring every so slightly and hence I have come to the idea that the sound card is not well. It was ok before the shippers packed and moved it to SG.
If I am wrong please point me in the right direction.
Zeenit
Zeenit,
Try this (if you haven't already), don't worry about how much work it appears to be, it is actually quite simple;
http://www.skype.com/help/guides/soundsetup.html
(select PC running Windows XP whichever version you have - might not be the sound card)
Note: Since you mention Skype but don't mention anything else regarding sound it might be an idea to try out a few other things (.e.g. simply a music CD).
Try this (if you haven't already), don't worry about how much work it appears to be, it is actually quite simple;
http://www.skype.com/help/guides/soundsetup.html
(select PC running Windows XP whichever version you have - might not be the sound card)
Note: Since you mention Skype but don't mention anything else regarding sound it might be an idea to try out a few other things (.e.g. simply a music CD).
No sounds work other than this very faint one. But I think I have bigger poblems as my pc has now Blue Screnned.durain wrote:if you can hear something ringing, then the sound card is working. here's a couple things to check/do
* if you got a webcam, remove it.
* goto control panel/ sounds and audio drivers/ audio and check the drivers are of your PC's sound card.
* does sound works with audio CD?
thanks guys for the help.


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Don't be surprised if your blue screen was caused by a bad sound card. Faulty hardware can cause drivers to go haywire.Zeenit wrote:No sounds work other than this very faint one. But I think I have bigger poblems as my pc has now Blue Screnned.durain wrote:if you can hear something ringing, then the sound card is working. here's a couple things to check/do
* if you got a webcam, remove it.
* goto control panel/ sounds and audio drivers/ audio and check the drivers are of your PC's sound card.
* does sound works with audio CD?
thanks guys for the help.![]()
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