My Control Panel cannot see Audio Device

Just for those still having problems with this fault. Found that it was due to SP2 upgrade disables audio in services.

Try Computer (right click) > Manage > Services and Applications > services > Windows Audio > Start (if stopped)

(Got this from another site but can't find them to thank, so passing on anyway)

Dragomir Kollaric wrote:

Re: I have no sound or audio devices

05-Apr-08

On 2008-03-28, OlChic hit the keyboard and wrote:

OK this is a older post. Don't know if you fixed it in the

meantime.

The "BIOS" has nothing to do with the Operating System you

use, at boot-time you will see a few messages (LONG BEFORE

ANY OS IS LOADED) Somewhere on the screen you'll see a

message press key "some-such" (F2 "delete" whatever) to

enter setup, (or something like it).

If you do so, you will be able to get into the BIOS and make

changes there. Normally one gets a manual (printed or on

CD-ROM) with the options one can set in the BIOS "BASIC

INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM".

Dragomir Kollaric

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Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Friday, March 28, 2008 2:11 AM

loscombe wrote:

I have no sound or audio devices

I need to find out why I cannot find a compatible device for my computer.

My computer is a Sharp Actius AL 27.I have already went to their site and

downloaded one that was supposed to be right.It did not let me install. Said

it was not right for my computer or something to that effect.I have tried so

many different ones Im confused and ready to buy a new computer.I've been

told so many things to try and nothing worked.I don't really remember all

the things I have tried.Please help!!

OlChic

On Friday, March 28, 2008 3:47 AM

Paul wrote:

Re: I have no sound or audio devices

OlChic wrote:

The first thing I found, was this.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/archive/index.php/t-8381.html

"On the last recovery cd that the system asks you to make, there should be

drivers that will work for any version of Windows XP."

"Looks like all the drivers are well labeled and organized on disk five."

The first info I found from Sharpsystems wasn't much use.

http://web.archive.org/web/20060314112524/www.sharpsystems.com/products/pc_notebooks/actius/al/27/

http://web.archive.org/web/20060314114125/www.sharpsystems.com/products/datasheets/AL27.pdf

Google only returned 9 hits for that model number. I was hoping someone had

run the Linux "dmesg", as that would contain a list of the hardware as

it was enumerated. The product datasheet indicates it has some kind of

VIA chipset (another post says K8M800/VT8233), and the product datasheet

is from Sept 2004. That isn't enough info to find the right sound

driver, at least not yet.

OK, I used the sharpsystems Knowledgebase, and it has drivers under the

Notebook link.

This link will be stale by the time you see it. The "r=9.139651E-02" part tells

me it is one of those sites where the "session times out" after a short period,

meaning I cannot make a link to all the drivers for you. I tried zapping the

field after "cpc=" and the information page would not appear without it. So

the first link is useless. The second link is your sound driver download,

about 10,088,635 bytes or so. That is probably the one you've already got.

http://portal.knowledgebase.net/display/2n/index.asp?c=1172&cpc=6HTK8W331lHO3ae4y274f8RqlL25sBFnYP&cid=2680&cat=&catURL=&r=9.139651E-02

http://www.sharpsystems.com/kb/PC/PCAL27/SOUND.zip