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If there is a sound device on motherboards find correct drivers (Realtek hd audio or ac97 drivers), for sound cards installed in computer look for driver and install from manufacturers website.
Chipmunk
Sounds From Computer Speakers My
wife had an interesting issue over the weekend. Anything she played on
her computer came through the speakers sounding like chipmunks. You've
heard the Alvin and the Chipmunks albums, that's what it sounded like.
It didnt matter if it was a Windows sound (wav file), and MP3, a WMV,
or any other multimedia. Everything sounded like a chipmunk was playing
it. The sounds were played too fast and too high pitched.
Her
computer is an Acer with a Realtek sound card built into the
motherboard. It has the Realtek HD Audio Manager built into it and I
thought at first that something had changed with the audio settings.
However, after examining the audio utility and choosing to reset the
environment back to its defaults the chipmunk sound was still present.
he
Realtek Manager also has an option for Karaoke Mode, which basically
removes the voice track when playing a song. Changing this feature had
no effect on the system.
Uninstalling and Reinstalling the
Sound Card
The
only way I found to truly fix the issue was to uninstall and reinstall
the Sound Card. Follow the directions below to accomplish this.
1) Open Device Manager by Right-clicking on My Computer and choosing
Properties. Then click on Device Manager
2)
Under the Sound, Video, and Game Controllers section, Right-click on
Realtek High Definition Audio and then click on Uninstall.
3) Close the Device Manager and Reboot your computer
4)
After the computer reboots, allow it to automatically find the Realtek
audio device on its own and reinstall the drivers. You may be required
to reboot the computer a second time after the drivers for the sound
card load.
5) Test the sound card by playing an MP3, WAV, WMA, or other sound or
by watching a video online.
The
problem should be fixed. If for some reason, you are still experiencing
a chipmunk-like sound coming from your speakers, visit the sound card
manufacturers website and download and install new drivers for the
sound card.
If you have an OEM network card that you installed yourself, then we'll need it's make and model.
If you're referring to the onboard LAN functionality built into that motherboard, it's a Realtek 8201BL PHY
If you have another computer that you can download the drivers on, and then bring them over to this one by usb, you can download the drivers for your motherboard's built in network port from the website below:
You can either add to empty ram slots or replace them with new matching ram. If you add to the current, get ddr 400 or 333 depending on what's in it & the sticks can't be more than 1gb each,according to the maker. So you can put a total of 4gb in it. If you go with new, get ddr 400 in 1gb sticks up to a max of 4. To install,power the pc down, unplug it,remove the side panel,keeping yourself grounded to the case remove the ram you want to replace or add to the empty slots. Make sure the ram snaps firmly into place. Leaving the cover off, power up the pc to make sure it boots ok. It may shown a warning about the memory change,just press whatever key it says to continue. Once you verify that all is good,replace the side cover,that's it.
Ok, well first reboot your PC, and see if this brings back your sound. This is a common event when editing video, or processor intensive tasks. Sometimes it can "Crash" and muck, the drivers up. Now if you reboot, and find that you still don't have Audio, Then you need to reinstall your Realtek Audio manager and driver. If you do not have this go to link below
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=3165&ver=#anchor_os
install as Administrator.
Have you an icon in the task bar for sound effects? If so open and make sure that the volume control panels are not marked to mute (uncheck the mute box on all panels) I know it sounds simple but I have been caught out by this before, some programs override the realtek controls. I hope this helps
this is a realtek HD driver ...but I suspect that you use an onboard intel sound card...and I will put another link here for you ..just in case...if what I just wrote ..it sounds any bells please use the second one ... http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/intel-high-definition-hd-driver.html
You will need to install the audio drivers after installing the xp. These drivers will be provided in the cd given by the PC maker or can be easily searched and downloaded from the internet.
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