Trains,
What do you mean by "no sound". Nothing at all? Do you get the Windows sounds out of your speakers? Can you play a CD through your CD-rom? If nothing, then....
Have you checked the speaker wires to make sure they're connected correctly?
Which drivers did you download? From the Compaq site? What is the sound card information such as "Provider/manufacturer, driver version, and driver date? (RIGHT click on "MY Computer", choose "Properties". When that loads, click on the "Device Manager" tab. when that loads, click onthe + sign next to "Sound, video, and Game Controllers". Click once on the specific sound card device, then click on the "Properties" button, then click on the "Driver" tab.)
Try this: Restart the computer in "Safe Mode". Then RIGHT click on "MY Computer", choose "Properties". When that loads, click on the "Device Manager" tab. when that loads, click onthe + sign next to "Sound, video, and Game Controllers". RIGHT click on and Delete the device on your computer. If there are multiple listings for the same device, delete them all. Now restart the computer into "normal" Windows. When it restarts, Windows should recognize the "new" hardware and reinstall the appropriate drivers for the device.
Hope this helps.
Grif
I have Compaq Presario 5451 . I downloaded drivers after a restore but still no sound? What is wrong? Is soundcard bad? I think it is onboard the motherboard.
Windows 98SE. This computer is a headache.

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