Wow, thanks for the prompt response Michel, i expected to wait at least a
week. I will take your advice and find out the sound card and look for a
driver. I tried rolling back the driver in device manager but this wasn't
possible. Not sure which sound card it was, i have a number of cd's lying
around, guess i can play with them as well.
Thanks again.
--
Stuart
"realcestmoi" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Never take drivers from windows update unless you like failing hardware.
>
> If REALLY needed that is ONLY when your hardware does not funtion well take
> the drivers from the manufacturers website.
>
> In this case you can try to boot in safe mode and use system restore to a
> restore point where the problem did not occur yet.
>
> Or try rolling back on the driver in device manager.
>
> Read the motherbord manual to see which sound card is used to determine the
> driver if needed, normally you should have a cd rom on which the drivers for
> the mainboard are to be found. If no manual was given with your pc go to the
> website of the PC manufacturer.
>
> Good luck and best regards,
> Michel Denie
>
>
> "Stuart Rowley" <> wrote in message
> news:AA1AFCF5-CBBA-424D-9D2D-...
> > Man, i have been down exactly the same path as yourself and have now had
> > about 8 sleepless nights trying to solve this issue. Mine is even
> > simpler, i
> > just have a pair of Altec Lansing 120i speakers which have no software,
> > they
> > just use the speaker output jack. My sound completely disappeared
> > following
> > an automatic update. Its getting the same message every time i try and
> > re-install software, "microsoft kernel system audio device - has not
> > passed
> > windows logo testing to verity its compatibility with windows xp" Up
> > until
> > recently everything was ok, now it is all dead, despite paying money for a
> > 'driver detective' which was a complete waste of time. If anybody has any
> > solution i would dearly love to hear of it. Thanks guys.
> > --
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > "jgreg" wrote:
> >
> >> This is a much addressed topic and I have tried everything I can find and
> >> cannot get XP update to work with my sound card. To add to my annoyance,
> >> xp
> >> does not work with my newer video card for microsoft games like Age of
> >> Empies. I have read that the XP update is incompatible with my soundcard,
> >> but
> >> I refuse to believe that there is not some advanced fix for this.
> >>
> >> I have a Tecra 9100 notebook with an integrated Yamaha AC-XG soundcard.
> >> It came with a pre-service pack version of Windows.
> >> Before updating, windows automatically installed an Intel 82801 CA/CAM
> >> AC'97
> >> driver and the sound worked fine. After updating, my sound card can not
> >> be
> >> found. The soundcard is installed but XP says it is not. No conflicts,
> >> just
> >> not installed. No drivers to rollback. Restoring to an earlier point does
> >> not
> >> work. Volume and sound control is greyed out. Adding a new device finds
> >> nothing. Selecting a standard device from the hardware list does not
> >> work.
> >> Belarc Advisor finds nothing. My System Info finds nothing. My windows
> >> audio
> >> in computer management is set to automatic. My sound is up. I have all
> >> the
> >> newest and older drivers and tried them, but drivers will not work if XP
> >> does
> >> not recognize the hardware.
> >>
> >> I remember reading somewhere that XP does something kernel-wise that
> >> keeps
> >> the hardware from being detected.
> >>
> >> Is there any new advice out there? Help is much appreciated.
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> toshiba tecra9100 notebook
> >> 1.80 gigahertz Intel Mobile Pentium 4M
> >> 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
> >> S3 Graphics SuperSavage/IXC 1179
> >> AND A LOST Yamaha AC-XG
>
>
>
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