no sound. period.

[skinnymaniskool]

my speakers are plugged into the right spot and everything should work fine, i had windows xp yesterday and they were fine. i downloaded windows seven and now it says that there is no speakers or headphones plugged in. i have no clue what sound card i have or what my speakers are though, all i do know is that they are altec lansing.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Complete the system specs and then go to altec for latest drivers that are compatible with windows 7.
What version of Windows 7 and 32/64bit?

 

[skinnymaniskool]

home premium and 32 bit


i dont know were to find any of the system specs, im 14 and not amazingly computer-savvy

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Download this for future reference.
http://www.sevenforums.com/software/1043-new-version-siw-released-16-12-08-a.html
Will tell you everything you want to know about your computer.
Meanwhile I'll go looking for altec lansing.

here it is...
http://driverplex.com/wp-content/up....php?brand=Altec Lansing&tid=se-en-us-3000913

 

[skinnymaniskool]

thanks so much dude your awesome

 

[The Howling Wolves]

See if this helps and get back to us.
Have a great day.

 

[skinnymaniskool]

it downloaded driver detective, which i came across before, and i have to pay for it to do anything is it possible to get the driver free?

 

[stormy13]

Unless your speakers are USB, they do not need drivers of any kind; what does need a driver is the sound card.

The Howling Wolves that driver utility you linked to despite all the different fancy names they have given them all (there is a Canon one, one for Lexmark, etc), are nothing more than this,

http://www.drivershq.com/

which is another one of those that likes to charge (in their case $30.00) to be able to download what is free from the hardware/computer manufacturers; just need to know where to look.

 

[skinnymaniskool]

is there any way to find out which sound card i have? i do not remember at all.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Drivers for Sound Devices
They say it's free but probably just the scan for the driver you need and then charge you.
Be back in a minute as I continue to search for you.

 

[skinnymaniskool]

i like this site, everyone is so nice and eager to help you

 

[skinnymaniskool]

exactly

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Altec Lansing > North America
Here is the home site.
enter or search for your type or go under customer support for help.

 

[skinnymaniskool]

that site is for the speakers, i need a driver for the sound card. does anyone know how to find out what graphics card i have?

 

[The Howling Wolves]

In bottom left corner type in device manager,
then go to display adapters and it will tell you what kind of graphics card you have.

 

[stormy13]

Specs on the motherboard,

GA-8I865GME-775 - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification

which has the Realtek ALC653 audio on it. It uses the AC'97 driver (not the HD driver) which you can find the latest Windows 7 driver here,

Realtek

 

[windowsapple]

open start. Type in

dxdiag

Walla!