Sound and audio devices?

ok so i got a new HD and put windows xp on it, so everything started to work great then i hook up my speakers and i got no sound. Windows media player said that i dont have a device, i looked in the control pannel and it said that i didnt have a device. Is there away i can fix this? Do i need to load the driver or something, if so, where? please help me out

 

In Device Manger, under System Devices, do you see an entry for a Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator?
Look very carefully.

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yes i do. what do i need to do?

 

Start button, Run, devmgmt.msc

Expand the Sound devices section.

Identify by name the sound device. Mine for example in the listing is "SiS 7012 Audio Driver "

I would then go to the website for SiS in this example and download their newest driver for XP. This is very important if you permitted Windows Update to update your sound device driver. "Friends do not let friends update device drivers from Windows Update.

Unpack the driver to a new folder if it is compressed in any fashion.

Start button, Run, devmgmt.msc

Right-click the sound device again and choose 'Update Driver'

You then work your way through the Wizard.

Do not let XP search for your driver. You want it to install the driver from a specified location, and use the "Have disk" option to browse to your new folder containing the driver.

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thanks for your help but i dont have anythin but the basic stuff on there, i dont see anythin that could be my sound device from my motherboard

 

Download to a new folder Everest - Free Home version: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Run the application and see if it identifies your sound device.

Also, provide the manufacturer, Make and Model number of your computer. It should be on a label on the back of the computer.

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i builded my own computrer, and i dont know where my cd that came with it is.

 

Please download and run Everest from the link above.