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Thread ID: 104280	2009-10-22 12:56:00	Suddenly No Sound heard from my speakers - Windows XP	getsupport (15369)	Press F1

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823158	2009-10-24 10:31:00	Most linux Installs have some inbuilt audio, you need to get into the settings and play something - any sound will do its only to test if the audio works. You can try your existing music, but Linux may ask for a plug in, depending on what player you use and what the format the music is in. By booting from a Linux CD, as mentioned earlier, it bypasses the windows OS, Just make sure you select boot from CD ( or words to that effect) you DONT want to install it. Look when its loading the drivers from the CD, it should pick up the onboard audio - if it errors when loading its drivers, there "may" be a Motherboard problem. Thank you wainuitech for your quick response. To clarify the BIOS settings for sound before I boot with this Linux CD, should the Audio Device setting in the BIOS be "Enabled" or "Disabled"?. I have disabled it now to see if it works with my new PCI sound card, but that too has failed as I updated before. RSM.	getsupport (15369)
823159	2009-10-24 10:36:00	Thank you Blam6 for your advice. In fact, I have tried the system restore option in Win XP a few times. But it did not solve the issue I am having with my sound. And as I asked in my other post, Can I use that Linux Live CD to boot eventhough I do not have Linux installed in my system and will I able to test my speakers using Linux and play audio files from my other drives - like D / E and F? Also, can I make a dual bootable system with Win XP and Linux? If yes, how can I do that? Thanks, RSM. Thanks for your inputs........	getsupport (15369)
823160	2009-10-24 21:47:00	Just adding to the above, Ubuntu can be very daunting if you have never used it before,esp if you are normally a windows user . I'm far from any type of ubuntu expert, but take a look at This screenshot ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Screenshot . png" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) follow the path as shown . In the sounds, on the far right you will see an arrow, if you double click that the sound will play, if it plays OK from either the new card or onboard then the hardware is fine . Other wise another way I test is to plug in a USB drive with an audio track, and try to play from that, but the Ubuntu sounds will be better, they are defaults built in .	wainuitech (129)
823161	2009-10-25 05:45:00	Just adding to the above, Ubuntu can be very daunting if you have never used it before,esp if you are normally a windows user. I'm far from any type of ubuntu expert, but take a look at This screenshot (www.imagef1.net.nz) follow the path as shown. In the sounds, on the far right you will see an arrow, if you double click that the sound will play, if it plays OK from either the new card or onboard then the hardware is fine. Other wise another way I test is to plug in a USB drive with an audio track, and try to play from that, but the Ubuntu sounds will be better, they are defaults built in. Alternatively if the sound is enabled you will hear the distinct Ubuntu login music;) And yes, it is possible to set up a dual boot(this is unnecessary unless you plan to use Ubuntu again) The Easiest way is to use WUBI which installs Ubuntu as a "program" and sets up the bootloader for you. No messing with partitions or bootloaders but IIRC you cannot hibernate and disk performance will be slightly decreased. Or, you can shrink this current partition during Ubuntu installation, then install it on that and use the GRUB bootloader. Blam	Blam (54)
823162	2009-10-26 05:10:00	Just adding to the above, Ubuntu can be very daunting if you have never used it before,esp if you are normally a windows user . I'm far from any type of ubuntu expert, but take a look at This screenshot ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Screenshot . png" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) follow the path as shown . In the sounds, on the far right you will see an arrow, if you double click that the sound will play, if it plays OK from either the new card or onboard then the hardware is fine . Other wise another way I test is to plug in a USB drive with an audio track, and try to play from that, but the Ubuntu sounds will be better, they are defaults built in . Hi Wainuitech, I got my sound issue resolved . I followed your advice of using a Live Linux CD and played a sample sound from there . I was able to hear it alright from my onboard sound card port itself . So, that ruled out any issues with the hardware . As I was having this issue with Windows XP for about 3-4 weeks now and I was able to hear sound with this Live Linux CD, I decided to format my C drive and reinstall Windows XP again . What a wonder, after the reinstall, the I was able to hear sound again from my onboard sound card port in Windows XP as well . I now think that I was in a hurry before to fix up the sound issue, so I decided an issue with the onboard sound card and went ahead and purchased a PCI 4 channel sound card, which has become redundant now -- I have to think of selling it to some one . Any way, thank you very much for your short-cut troubleshooting method, which actually narrowed down where the issue may be and I got it resolved very quickly . Thanks once again . RSM .	getsupport (15369)
823163	2009-10-26 05:16:00	Alternatively if the sound is enabled you will hear the distinct Ubuntu login music;) And yes, it is possible to set up a dual boot(this is unnecessary unless you plan to use Ubuntu again) The Easiest way is to use WUBI which installs Ubuntu as a "program" and sets up the bootloader for you. No messing with partitions or bootloaders but IIRC you cannot hibernate and disk performance will be slightly decreased. Or, you can shrink this current partition during Ubuntu installation, then install it on that and use the GRUB bootloader. Blam Hi Blam, Thank you for your inputs as well, coming up few of the free Live Linux CD. I have not heard any of them before. I went with Puppy Linux 4.3.1 Live CD. Got it downloaded from internet and made that as a bootable CD. Tried it with my machine. Puppy Linux's latest vesion was loaded onto my machine from my RAM and I tested my sound to be working fine..... It was an entirely different experience looking at the user interface of a Linux operating system and Puppy Linux seems to be good. NOw, I am thinking of getting dual boot for my system with Windows XP in C drive and Puppy Linux 4.3.1 in D drive - just in case if my windows crashes again or fails to boot, I will have an alternate OS to work with. However, going thru' Puppy Linux menu items and other cute utilities, I guess I need to learn a lot about Linux OS and supported flavors / versions / applications / plug ins etc., before I can freely operarte that OS just like we all do with Windows......... Thank you once again Blam, I got a new OS because of your suggestions and now my next step would be to get a dual boot with Puppy Linux .... Any pros and cons for this idea.....!? Cheers, RSM.	getsupport (15369)
823164	2009-10-26 05:25:00	There is already a large amount of documentation regarding those points on the web. Here are some links to get your started:) www.murga-linux.com www.murga-linux.com http://rhinoweb.us/ Blam	Blam (54)
823165	2009-10-26 05:28:00	thank you very much for your short-cut troubleshooting method, which actually narrowed down where the issue may be and I got it resolved very quickly. Great that you got it sorted, that method is not that hard, In this game there is really only two things that can go wrong , hardware or software.( was told that by Microsoft at one of their road shows) Its really a case of finding out where the problem is them fixing it from there. ;)	wainuitech (129)
823166	2009-10-26 15:10:00	Great that you got it sorted, that method is not that hard, In this game there is really only two things that can go wrong , hardware or software.( was told that by Microsoft at one of their road shows) Its really a case of finding out where the problem is them fixing it from there. ;) Yeah, you are absolutely right Wainuitech. But without this alternate method, I was going mad over the last few weeks trying to figure out where it could all be wrong and tried all possible combos, but for formatting and reinstalling XP, which eventually solved the issue. But before that, the Linux route was the quickest and easiest way to figure out where it all went wrong - that is, in software, audio drivers in this case. Thanks once again for your support and hope to get more support from you when I get across some other issue with my system. Cheers, RSM.	getsupport (15369)
823167	2009-10-26 15:13:00	There is already a large amount of documentation regarding those points on the web. Here are some links to get your started:) www.murga-linux.com www.murga-linux.com http://rhinoweb.us/ Blam Thank you Blam for providing these URL's. Like you said there is plenty of stuff available over the web on this and other things. I will try my hand with dual-booting of Puppy Linux with Windows XP now and see if I get any other issues because of that. In any case, there will be a solution for all and every issue on the planet. So, I can take peace from that. Cheers, RSM.	getsupport (15369)
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