Sound not working

[MineIQ1701]

Yesterday I logged into my computer and the sound was not working, My speaers are not the proble, I tested two seperate inputs to the speakers as well as hooking them up to another computer (where they worked). So I tried reinstalling the drivers for my sound card, nothing, ran a diagnostic that came with it, nothing, any ideas?

 

[johnb35]

Do the drivers show they are properly installed in device manager? Do you have the correct audio output selected? Have you tried a system restore?

 

[MineIQ1701]

(In order)

Yes, double checked, no, how would I go about doing that?

 

[johnb35]

System restore is under accessories, system tools in the start menu. Go back to a day it was working fine.

 

[MineIQ1701]

It doesent show anything before today as far as restore points go

 

[johnb35]

Look in the systray(down by the clock) for the volume icon to make sure there isn't a mute symbol on it.

 

[MineIQ1701]

.....First place I looked

 

[MineIQ1701]

Uh oh, the little fan holder for the CPU cooler was in contact with the card, it may have shorted :O

 

[johnb35]

Well, without a having a restore point to go back to, there isn't much you can do besides uninstalling the sound software and reinstalling it. If that don't work, its possible your sound hardware has died on you.

 

[johnb35]

Uh oh, the little fan holder for the CPU cooler was in contact with the card, it may have shorted :O

Thats not good. Looks like you may have to buy a new sound card. Or does the motherboard have onboard sound?

 

[MineIQ1701]

Ok, now thats spooky, the onboard audio is dead too.........and it's not the speakers, I have my ipod plugged into them just fine.....

 

[MineIQ1701]

Whelp, i dont know what happened, but the problem fixed itself I guess......