SigmaTel C-Major Audio driver

i don't get it…

the driver is installed and till friday the 9th of Jan 09 the sound was perfect….

but since sat the 10th i cannot hear a single thing….
do you think that my driver requires reinstallation or something?
troubleshoot didn't help and Belarc Advisor says i have the driver installed for the Audio….

Below in bold is my sys config…

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Packard Bell NEC P660401901
System Serial Number: 023724220327
Chassis Serial Number: 50424E
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.53 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL SiS651 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 2.0G 07/26/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
160.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
92.04 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD RW DRU-V200A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST380020A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) – drive 1, s/n 5GC0N9L4, rev 3.93, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800BB-00JHC0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) – drive 0, s/n WD-WMAM9ZV02009, rev 05.01C05, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DDR1 ' has 256 MB
Slot 'DDR0 ' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 20.97 GB 14.01 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 59.05 GB 40.96 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 1) 80.02 GB 37.06 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 7/13/2008 8:06:48 PM (admin)
user 1/11/2009 10:11:14 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Canon MP460 Printer on USB001
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 [Display adapter]
CTX 16.3 [Monitor] (16.3"vis)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (3x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
Smart Link 56K Voice Modem


OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device (3x)
USB Human Interface Device (3x)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub (4x


pls help….

sufi,

Very good post, all the information needed.

Elementary test is to look at your speaker cables in case they have come loose, been bumped or even if your sound is not turned up. Many a problem like yours is as simple as a loose cable or speakers turned down.

Can you remember doing anything unusual on your system between the time the sound disappeared and when it was working?

Suggest you go to:

• My Computer
• Properties
• Hardware
• Device Manager
• Check if there are any yellow or red warning signs showing

Report back if there are alerts evident.

kind regards,

well all the cables and plugs are in proper order nothing out of the ordinary in the Device manager…. apparently it got fixed when i reinstalled the driver lol…. thnx for helpin anyways

Thanks Sufi for posting back - much appreciated and I am glad you got the fix with the new installed driver. Come and see us again when need be. kind regards,