unable to play any sounds

Boze

A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I
tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out

Trying to play a MP3 gets the message " windows media player cannot play the
file because there is a problem with your sound device
there might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in
use by another program or it might not be functioning properly"

The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard
installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager

I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /
codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to
run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach

Thanks in advance for any help

Boze

Andrew E.

In device mgr,expand the sound tree,R.click all sound hardware (one at a
time)
select "uninstall" do all w/o restarting pc,once thru,close out,restart
pc.XP will
reinstall youre sound hardware on restart.If it still fails,go to
run,typeXDIAG
Run the Direct X tests.

"Boze" wrote:

> A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I
> tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out
>
> Trying to play a MP3 gets the message " windows media player cannot play the
> file because there is a problem with your sound device
> there might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in
> use by another program or it might not be functioning properly"
>
> The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard
> installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager
>
> I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /
> codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to
> run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Boze
>
>
>

Kelly

Go to the manufactures website and download the appropriate driver/s.

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!



"Boze" <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
>A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I
>tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out
>
> Trying to play a MP3 gets the message " windows media player cannot play
> the file because there is a problem with your sound device
> there might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be
> in use by another program or it might not be functioning properly"
>
> The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard
> installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager
>
> I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /
> codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to
> run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Boze
>

Boze

Thanks. We got it going again.

"Boze" <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
>A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I
>tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out
>
> Trying to play a MP3 gets the message " windows media player cannot play
> the file because there is a problem with your sound device
> there might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be
> in use by another program or it might not be functioning properly"
>
> The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard
> installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager
>
> I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /
> codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to
> run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Boze
>

PG

I am having a similar problem and also have an asus mb.

Which solution resolved your problem? Updating drivers or uninstalling and
rebooting?

"Boze" wrote:

> Thanks. We got it going again.
>
> "Boze" <> wrote in message
> news:.gbl...
> >A friends computer will no longer play sounds. In Control Panel > Sounds I
> >tried to play a wav file but the arrow was grayed out
> >
> > Trying to play a MP3 gets the message " windows media player cannot play
> > the file because there is a problem with your sound device
> > there might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be
> > in use by another program or it might not be functioning properly"
> >
> > The comuter has an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. No soundcard
> > installed. There are no problems showing in Device Manager
> >
> > I'm trying to determine if the problem is hardware or windows drivers /
> > codecs. Any suggestions? All I can remember is how to load the files to
> > run the cd player but I'm not even sure it's the right approach
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
> >
> > Boze
> >
>
>
>