Pc QUESTION

[inski]

Recently my windows PC was loaded with Google chrome, then Ubuntu (or whatever it is), then back to Chrome and WinXp. Now I have no audio. How can I fix this? Before it had nice audio with external speakers, but now the PC thinks no audio is installed. How do I correct this?

 

[2point5RS_Dan]

It's a driver issue.

Windows update might be able to pull the software to run the sound for you... give this article a shot:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/finddrivers.mspx

If that doesn't work, there are plenty of other options to fix it for ya

 

[Chris]

You have teenagers in the house, they should know how to fix it

What kind of computer is it? If it is something that hasn't been built (ie, you bought it from a store and haven't modified it) it should be really easy to find audio drivers. Just go to the manufacturer's, put in the model, and it should come right up with a list of drivers. Download and install audio.

 

[inski]

Ha ha. A teenager is why this has all happened. 16 year old decided XP wasn't good enough so he loaded Ubuntu. I couldn't do pics, video, or interweb. All plugins were gone and I had no idea even how to load them or get on the web or load the ip with it and it was so unfamiliar scary I asked him to switch it back to XP.

Now XP is back, smoother than ever before, except for the no audio part. At least now I can cruise around and find solutions and know where I need to put stuff.

Yip, emachine from way back. Driver should be listed somewhere.

 

[Stein]

Well loading the plugins for firefox is pretty easy to do in Ubuntu (easier than windows IMO). It sounds like he used a plain old XP disc instead of the emachine one, which is why its smoother (that or you're just not used to a clean install). Drivers will be at emachine's website, but windows should be finding them on its own.

Ubuntu is better at loading drivers now than windows for me.

 

[Chris]

I don't try to switch people to linux. There's no reason, if they're happy with XP, great. I have used a very highly customized version of linux for years and I hate XP, so to each their own.

back to inski.

Go to this website. http://www.emachines.com/support/drivers.html

It has the drivers for all emachines computers. Click desktop, then it will ask for model info. I don't know what you have, but it's on a sticker on the tower probably. Then scroll down, download the audio driver. Install it, probably need to reboot, and you'll be good!

 

[boxer3main]

ubuntu roots the drive.. I used get stupid errors with dvd roms when linux windows swapping..they need to own it like a cold war unix.

find the maker of your hard drive and do a swipe into zeros.

you should here a pop and even smell something.

if a driver wins, omg windows took it over like it should have (never has for me- to this day)

Did this a zillion times since a pentium 2 in 1999 and redhat 5.. and linux is still not talking about this problem.

 

[Pedro]

you might want to try using Tiny XP. it rocks!

 

[Stein]

you might want to try using Tiny XP. it rocks!

Love it, but its also mildly against Windows's terms of service or EULA or something. You're technically not allowed to modify the windows installation disk.

 

[Mark]

meh. i doubt microsoft would care about anything xp related these days. if it was called Tiny7 then we might have issues...

i've been meaning to get around to loading that...then my laptop kicked the bucket, which means........987 you have pm

 

[Pedro]

yeah and you are technically not allowed to jailbreak an iphone. Microsoft wouldn't sustain monetary damages as the computer has a purchased and full XP liscence.