There are situations when, after rearranging the operating system or installing the next program, a message appears on the monitor about the absence of a sound card. There are several reasons for this problem.
Not just a computer
The motherboard or sound card may burn out, but often sound problems are not due to computer malfunctions. The point is in programs that turn out to be incompatible with each other or with Windows, in addition, many important points lie in the operation of different types of the family of this operating system.
Recently, a large number of failures of sound devices or programs occurs due to the "upgrade" of Windows XP to 7, or the transition from "seven" to Windows 8. A couple of years ago it was possible - to reinstall the 7th version instead of XP, now do it it is impossible, because the PC models have changed dramatically and are "stitched" only for a specific Windows.
Even when installing a newer version of XP on an old computer, there may be a problem with sound, not to mention modern Windows. New programs for which there are no drivers in the systems turn out to be incompatible.
You may have noticed that when you uninstall a program, a warning is issued that other applications may not work. This notice is especially important to keep in mind when installing or uninstalling computer audio players, audio formatting software, and the like.
Solutions
Do not be alarmed by computer alerts that the system has not found sound devices. Indeed, a complete reinstallation of the operating system may be a last resort, but first you need to try some options.
Power users use Everest to learn more about their computer's sound card and find a suitable driver for it. You can use the equally popular DriverPack Solution program, but it's better to try to find a solution yourself.
First you need to find out what device modifications are used on the computer. To do this, right-click on "My Computer", in the context menu you will find the "Device Manager" tab. By clicking on it, you will see a list of computer devices.
Select Other Devices or Sound, Video and Game Controllers. If the driver is not indicated, then it is not there and you need to select it either on the website of the computer manufacturer, or simply search on the Internet.
In Windows 7, Device Manager can be found after clicking Properties in the Computer tab.
If you install the same operating system on different computers, do not be surprised to see the message about no sound - all computers have different built-in devices that require appropriate drivers.
It happens that when the software is updated, functions, in particular, of the sound card, get lost. For example, the default should be automatic sound activation, but after a failure the card requires manual activation.
To check this, open the Control Panel. By the way, the view of the Panel in XP can be either categorized or classic. You will see the proposed scheme in its classic form.
After Control Panel, open: "Administrative Tools", "Services", "Windows Audio", "Properties", "Startup Type". Select "Auto", after which you will see system messages about the status of the device and the address of the Windows executable file. If none of the above helps, one thing remains - find the driver.
