No sound - Urgent help needed

Halcyon · 19-04-2004, 15:37

Hi,

I'm meant to be doing a project and I have just messed up my PC and there is no sound.

My system is 500mhz Amd Win 98 SE

I went to Microsoft Update and saw an update for C-Media Sound driver and downloaded it.
Anyway, It then asked me for the Win 98 CD that I currently do not have on me here at Uni.

So I reboot and it asks me for the CD again and again and so I say Skip and then go back into windows and delete the Sound thing with the yellow question mark and I see there is another one there too. Is that my original settings ?

Is there a way to get it back ?

Right now I have no sound and all my soundprograms say there is no sound device, and the little speaker in the task tray has vanished too.

If someone can help me on this one, Id much appreciate it.
What can I do to restore and get back my sound ?

Thanmkyou,

Tim.

Stuartbe · 19-04-2004, 15:39

Rboot again. When it asks you for the windows disk try typing c:\windows\options\cabs and press o.k.

If the windows cab files are there ( they should be on an oem install ) then you will be fine.

HTH

Halcyon · 19-04-2004, 16:26

Thanks but that didnt seem to work for me.

So I've deleted everything in my Multimedia tab in Device manager and have downloaded a newer driver.
I'm going to see if I can install it.

I dont know if this is a good idea or not but Im going to see how it turns out.

Any more tips, keep them coming.

Thanks for the info.

Stuartbe · 19-04-2004, 16:28

Are all the .cab files in the path I posted ? Even a new driver may need to extracts some files from the cab files.

paulyoung666 · 19-04-2004, 17:25

i reckon you will need the win disk i am afraid

ian@huth · 19-04-2004, 17:35

It's a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted but it is a good idea to copy the win98 folder (in your case) from the Windows CD to your hard drive. It is easier and quicker to install / reinstall Windows from your HD than from the CD and you never have to cart the CD about with you.

Halcyon · 19-04-2004, 20:39

*Update*

Well after a whole afternoon of feeling like I wanted to blow up the Microsoft Headquarters, I spent most of the day googling around the driver websites and downloaded the drivers for my sound card and a few other files it demanded as I rebooted.

I've now got it to load windows properly and have got most of the sound back.
Just got to get a few codecs now and now have my speaker back at home in its task tray.

So sound is working.

Thanks.