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Thread ID: 93034 2008-09-01 21:20:00 No sound with Vista Tony (4941) Press F1
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701860 2008-09-01 21:20:00 I'm sure I've seen this topic before, but can't find a reference.

I have just reinstalled Vista Business + SP1, and now I have no sound - music, windows sounds or anything. When I unplug/plug in the jack, there is lots of crackling, so there is obviously an physical connection to the speakers.
It is on-board sound.

I've tried:
Uninstalling-reinstalling the "High Definition Audio Devices" in Control Panel - no difference.

Playing with the sound parameters in Control Panel/sounds. It shows "Digital "Output device (HDMI)" and "Digital Output Device (SPDIF)" with that as the default. Both say "working". The SPDIF device shows "Rear panel optical jack" under properties.

I'm sure I've seen reference to this issue before, but when I search they all come up with references to actual sound cards, which doesn't help.

Any ideas?
Tony (4941)
701861 2008-09-01 21:42:00 What motherboard is it? Download the drivers from their site. pcuser42 (130)
701862 2008-09-01 21:43:00 Downloaded new drivers from your motherboard manufacturers site? pctek (84)
701863 2008-09-01 22:44:00 I'm embarrassed to say that downloading the drivers did the trick. For some reason I didn't think loading specific drivers would be necessary. :blush:

Thanks.
Tony (4941)
701864 2008-09-02 04:32:00 Ah, but they are. ;)

Example: Vista didn't play nicely with my graphics card (and gave my PC a score of 1.0) until the ATi drivers were downloaded.
pcuser42 (130)
701865 2008-09-02 05:28:00 I'm embarrassed to say that downloading the drivers did the trick . For some reason I didn't think loading specific drivers would be necessary . :blush:

Thanks .

Yup, thats embarrassing . . . . . . . . . .
SolMiester (139)
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