Re: computer problem
- From: Bill <bill.cam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:27:34 -0500
have you looked in device manager to see if the sound card is present.
found under system in control panel.
if no driver is present it means windows for some reason is not seeing the
card.
one of 2 reasons for that, bad hardware or screwed up windows.
if you had backup you could have eliminated the windows possibility real
quick like by rolling back, unfortunately system restore can fail for other
reasons as i found out recently.
if it is bad hardware disable the integrated sound in the set up bios.
one accesses this menu prior to windows booting up, the screen usually
tells you the keystroke needed to get into bios set up.
no speech when accessing set up.
so sighted assistance is needed.
be careful in their because doing something wrong can result in your p c
not working.
if your worried about it find somebody more technical savvy.
after disabled.
replace with a sound card like creative labs audigy or better.
look for a white box version of the card, same thing but cost way less.
white box sound cards have no games included which most of us can not use
any way.
also try running win update, most integrated sound chip sets have an up
date for the sound card driver.
once you launch win update pick drivers if that option exist.
good luck.
oh one caviot, do not upgrade the sound card driver if your blind and using
software speech with out sighted assistance.
if something goes wrong you may lose speech.
bill
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