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What happened to my sound card

In the personal computer systems sound and audio is processed by a dedicated chip. The operating system will communicate with the audio/sound chip via a set of device driver software. This device driver software is usually provided by the manufacturer of the sound card.

Years back sound card is a separate add-on card that is inserted into the PCI slot of the computer motherboard. Recently motherboard manufacturers started providing on-board sound chip eliminating the need for separate PCI card.

If you are having a sound card either PCI or on-board and not hearing the sound there might be some issues with the sound drivers

You can verify whether the sound drivers are installed properly. On windows XP you can check this by right-clicking mycomputers -> properties ->Device manager. Find Sound, Video and game controllers. If there is anything will yellow exclamation mark or unknown device or yellow Multimedia audio controller we can conclude that the drivers are not properly installed. Otherwise there will be a device name like Realtek High Definition Audio.

If the drivers are not properly installed get the drivers from the manufacturer. This is usually shipped with the motherboard CD for on-board audio cards. For PCI cards separate CD-ROM will be provided while you purchase the card.

If you don't have CD-ROM you can search the web. The manufacturer website should have the drivers available for download. Do a Google search and you will be able to get the driver.

If you still encounter problems with your computers audio please contact ultimate solutions, coimbatore at 9842284426. We will fix the problem immediately.