My desktop computer is window XP. It is just reformatted but no audio device was installed. I bought it in 2003. What could i do if i install it using the Internet?

there is no longer any support for XP.

Go to www.dell.com/support and get the audio driver appropriate to your computer and your OS.

Thanks for visiting today.

as i can understand you formatted using win xp so your drivers are not installed like VGA, sound driver.
you must have your motherboard cd use that disk to install drivers.

You need to install the audio driver for your model PC.

You can download the drivers from the Compaq/HP WEB support/download page. Make sure you select your model computer and the XP or Vista Windows version of the drivers you require and install them. Click on this link to download the drivers: -
http://welcome.hp.com/country/au/en/cs/support.html

You will need to go to the compaq site and download the drivers for your machine. You will have a tag number on the computer , enter that and it will take you to your machine to download the drivers you need

Hi,
If you have formatted your computer then the problem might be because the drivers for sound are not yet installed.
Please install the sound drivers and that should take care of the issue.
Right click on "My computer" --> Properties --> Hardware tab --> Device Manager
Under device manager, check the sound devices.. there might be a red cross (X) or Question mark (?) or a exclamation mark (!) indicating problem with the drivers .. just right click on the device and select update drivers and that should take care of it or if you have a sound driver CD/DVD, insert the same in the optical drive and install.

Let me know if that helps.

Regards,
Srinivas

Install the audio driver using your motherboard CD.
This will remove your problem.

Hi, is there a highlighted exclamation point in your device manager? Try to install audio codec for that. Then reboot your computer.

hi sweets6;
did you uninstall the old drivers before you install the new one? try to un-install it first by right clicking the audio device then select un-install, restart, then install the driver, restart and try to see if it works.

let me know :)

Hi

Quite likely, drivers for the audio controller is missing/not installed.

You did not give any info on the Operating System you installed and the sound card in question; Onboard or PCI Sound Card. I am assuming you have Windows XP or 2000 and using the builtin/onboard sound controller.

If this is correct, you will need to download and install ADI Onboard Sound Driver (Windows 2000/XP) - http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R94481.EXE

Let me know how you get on

Mike