[bigmarkc]

I have a Legacy Sound Device in my PC, but for some reason after i reformated i cant get the PC to recognize it, what am i doing wrong? It says the Hardware is working perfectly but all my sound says no device

[Dave Hybrid]

Sounds like a driver issue, what drivers did you install after you reformatted?

[bigmarkc]

None yet, cant find any and i had no Disk when i got the PC

[Dave Hybrid]

Well, that will be your problem then.

You should try running Windows update, normally sorts most driver issues.

Or failing that is your PC branded or a custom build?

I'll try to find the driver for you.

[bigmarkc]

thank you so much, Not sure the brand when i got it i got it from Ebay, ran real slow so i Overhauled it, combined both drives. reformattted and everything is perfect now BUT the sound hehe not sure if you are a WoW fan but before i did it.. Ironforge was rediculus.. i would get 2 frames a second, Now.. 25 Frames a second

[bigmarkc]

Still no luck, it is a perfectly good soundcard i do not wanna waste money, and everytime i try and go on WoW or Ventrilo i get a Black DOS Promt screen show up with this on the command line..

c:\windows\system32\auwult.exe

and it slows everything up :-(

[philthomas]

Grab a copy of Everest Home and report back with the make/model of your sound card.

[bigmarkc]

only thing that comes up under Audio is a

Device Description Type
Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3] PCI

under the Multimedia

PCI \ PnP Audio, other then that i cannot find a soundcard anywhere :-( but i know there was one.. i had sound...

[bigmarkc]

PCI is PC Internal right? O,o

[Carbon]

that's an onboard controller, not a card, need your motherboard model (same program)

[philthomas]

Yep .... as Carbon said that's an on board card ... Everest should tell you the Make/model of your motherboard .... if not ... if it's a branded PC (i.e. Dell, HP etc.) tell us the make/model number.

[Bubba]

WOO HOO!!!!!!!! FINALLY SOMETHING I KNOW AND CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, (yeah I know that is redundant lol but don't rain on my parade), HELP SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have a realtek audio driver. More specifically an AC'97. You can find your drivers here:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

If that link doesn't work then try this one and click on the AC'97 Audio Codecs link:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Level=3&Conn=2

Oh and thank you. I have realtek HD onboard sound so I recognised the ac'97 because it appears when I update MY drivers. Of course I haven't updated my drivers and when I was looking for yours, I saw new ones for me. In helping you, I helped myself lol.

EDIT 3: (the first two were for crappy spelling and grammer I can never seem to catch before I hit post) Put that in your bag of tricks Carbon and philthomas, the AC '97 is onboard (probably rarely used now) sound from realtek.

EDIT4: Carbon, I recall someone suggesting a program to me on another website that does nothing except identify MoBo's. Are you familiar with such a program or could you recommend one? I need to find out what Dell put in my old computer and my daughter's computer so I can see what I can do with them.

[Carbon]

Not sure if there's a program just to identify motherboards. Maybe CPU-Z does it?

[philthomas]

Originally Posted by Bubba WOO HOO!!!!!!!! FINALLY SOMETHING I KNOW AND CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, (yeah I know that is redundant lol but don't rain on my parade), HELP SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have a realtek audio driver. More specifically an AC'97. You can find your drivers here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false If that link doesn't work then try this one and click on the AC'97 Audio Codecs link: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Level=3&Conn=2 Oh and thank you. I have realtek HD onboard sound so I recognised the ac'97 because it appears when I update MY drivers. Of course I haven't updated my drivers and when I was looking for yours, I saw new ones for me. In helping you, I helped myself lol. EDIT 3: (the first two were for crappy spelling and grammer I can never seem to catch before I hit post) Put that in your bag of tricks Carbon and philthomas, the AC '97 is onboard (probably rarely used now) sound from realtek. EDIT4: Carbon, I recall someone suggesting a program to me on another website that does nothing except identify MoBo's. Are you familiar with such a program or could you recommend one? I need to find out what Dell put in my old computer and my daughter's computer so I can see what I can do with them.

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Yes we do appreciate that Bubba, but the drivers available from the Realtek links you posted are just general drivers and not specific to the motherboard in question. It is always better to download the specific drivers from motherboard manufacturer's website.

They do actually make this clear in your first link :

"Audio drivers available for download from the Realtek website are general drivers for our audio ICs, and may not offer the customizations made by your system/motherboard manufacturer. To be sure you obtain the full features/customizations provided in your original audio product, please download the latest drivers from your system/motherboard manufacturer's website."

[serverguy]

AC97 is just a specification for audio, you cannot really identify anything from it.

The motherboards drivers are the best place to get the drivers for it from, but the generic ones will sometimes solve the problem as well. But sometimes with them you end up with very quiet sound or similar problems.