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need help asap no sound for vista

by ashmozza Jan 2, 2008 7:19PM PST

no audio output device installed
hi i recently installed a fresh copy of windows vista home premium and everything works fine except for the sound there is a cross over the sound icon and when i put my mouse over it says "no audio output device installed" i have a advent t11 with a realtek high definition audio device and have been on the realtek site and have downloaded the new drivers for vista several times and installed but still no luck!! i have tried many things as it seems alot of people have the same problem ive unistalled and rebooted and it automatically installs the drivers but still dont work. when i go into the device manager and click on the high defintion audio it says

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available

any help would be great as its driving me nuts thanks
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Did it work in the past?
by Kees Bakker Jan 2, 2008 8:12PM PST

If so, can't you install the original driver?
And did you install all original motherboard drivers?

Kees

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tried it
by ashmozza Jan 2, 2008 8:30PM PST

it worked with windows xp just since ive installed vista and the orignal drivers where the first thing ive installed and i dont know where i can get the motherboard ones dont no how makes it on the techguys site it says this is my motherboard MS 7046

thanks

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Re: drivers
by Kees Bakker Jan 2, 2008 8:38PM PST

I'm afraid you'll need the Vista drivers for your motherboard (including the sound drivers, assuming it's onboard sound).

Don't have them? Download from the makers site, or buy a new motherboard, or go back to XP or work in silence in the future. Your choice.

Kees

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had it before
by ashmozza Jan 2, 2008 8:45PM PST

about 6 months ago i installed vista and had no sound and no wireless adapter but i managed to get the sound to work just cant remember how but i went back to windows as the wireless adapter wouldnt work so i went bk to xp adn ive gone back to vista and the wireless adapter works fine there is a way just cnt figure it out

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Sound problem
by pccare_himanshu Nov 24, 2009 5:19PM PST

To resolve this issue
Open Device manager (Start->Run->devmgmt.msc)
Right click on the sound codec and select update driver
Then select Browse my computer for the driver
Then select "Let me pick from a list of device driver on my computer"
After this it should show you Sound drivers
simply double click on it and install and select finish and Reboot your system

Best of luck and i hope this will help you as these steps worked for me "

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That method rarely works.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 2, 2008 10:25PM PST

I try the drivers from the machine's maker and the ones marked for Vista. I can't look for that driver and the often needed motherboard driver since your post seems to have lost the machine's details.

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No sound
by spylock Jan 12, 2008 9:38AM PST

I just bought a brand new Gateway with vista and have no sounds except at start and shutdown.

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