took the side off my pc to clean it, now it has no sound!!!

[cliobritt]

speakers are fine its somthing wrong with the pc, any ideas?

 

[Final Maxim]

have you got a sound card or is it onboard?

 

[cliobritt]

on board i think, theres the motherboard, memory sticks a grapics card and another card that u can plug a tv arial into

 

[Marky_]

How did you clean it?

 

[Jaff]

you might need to rey re-installing the audio drivers, that can happen in XP if the power is removed to the unit, it was off when you opened it right? and you didnt use anything metallic did you?

open it again and make sure very thgin is straight and no corroded solder. remember to earth your self when you take the sid eof grab the metal chasis with both hand for a few secods to discharge your static.

if that fails get an audio card for £10-(skys the limit) and install it in the pci port.

 

[Tony Hunter]

The dust got in your ears.Just a guess

 

[jjoe90]

sorry but if you dont even know if he sound i onboard or pci adapter, you shouldn't be opening a computer anyway.

 

[KDF]

^ good point really, but lets try and help him now that the 'damage' is done



Jaff87, I know XP is bad, but i've never heard it loosing the audio drivers just because it was unplugged.



Boot the computer, right click My Computer select properties and click the hardware tab then click device manager, your soundcard should be listed under the sound, video and game controllers tree. Expand the tree and make sure there are no yellow or red warnings on any of the devices.

 

[Jaff]

there is aproblem with XP sproadically loosing audio it deletes the divers or something , but it always happens to by GFs one when she unplugs it, it used to happen on mine too but when i eventually got it to install SP2 it sorted it. it could be a co-inki-dink

 

[Don]

Sorry to sound simplistic...have you checked the cabled connection to the speakers? Could the cable (normally green if the speakers are for a PC) have come away from the output (socket)???

 

[KDF]

I had a mate who couldnt get his sound working.. said he had reinstalled the drivers loads of times and could I have a look. took a quick glance and plugged the speakers into the mains.. dumbass lol !