Beep and other Windows sounds no longer work

I don't know the answer. I would download the driver (usually the driver from your computer manaufacturer's support site should work) then uninstall the current driver before rebooting and installing the replacement that you downloaded. I'm confident with updating/ replacing drivers on my own machine but not so confident where other machines are involved. Perhaps you could wait and see if someone else thinks that it would be a good idea and offer guidance.

On another note which may or may not be related I did notice that this month's round of windows updates reset my system sounds to default. Usually I set them all to silent and after installing windows updates they were all re-enabled so I had to redo the settings.

Check the drivers for the audio card is another thing to do.

Once you hook to the motherboard go back and check the settings you have already done. They might of changed sense you hook to the motherboard.

Jack

Callender could be correct because some of Windows 7 update have caused strange problem for some.

Do you have restore points. You should have some because Windows 7 update creates them sometimes before the updates are installed.

Jack

I think the problem may not be the sound card.
Also as playing using folder C:\Windows\Media is not an issue.

My guess is that Computer Control Panel Sound is not working.

Conclusion:

When you play in the C:\Windows\Media, it is using the sound card.
As what i meant is that C:\Windows\Media is directly to the software of the sound card.

If you are using ControlPanel>Sound>Sounds this may go thru the Computer Control Panel.
As using Control Panel, the route may be somewhat different.


Do correct me if my logic is wrong.




Try this test, if you want to:

My guess that it is due to the Control Panel; that is Control Panel > Sound > Sounds

Go to Control Panel > Sound > Sounds

Do test on whatever listed in that Sound, such as; Recording & Communication; that is go thru all the options.
On Playback, select speaker and select Configure, click on Test to check if the sound is available or not.
Also go thru the speaker properties and test on everything, if possible.

Edit: If there is no sound on these testing, it will rule out sound driver and software.
Then you now have to focus on the Control Panel Sound on how it work.


Eric.

coffent said:

I agree with your logic. I've done these tests and never hear any sounds. On "Playback" I note that Headphones are shown as "Not plugged in" even though they are plugged in. In any case I can hear sounds through the headphones when I play a sound file using a media player.

You mean you can hear test sounds through headphones?

Anyway for me I get a pop up asking what I just plugged in when using the audio jack.

Sounds like something screwed up with that.