Hi - I am running Windows XP Home.
I was using the pc when all of a sudden the audio went( I was playing a game, not online). On looking at the control panel there is a yellow exclamation mark next to the audio multimedia controller. I have the original resource cd which shows that there is not an audio driver needing to be added .I have tried to run the audio driver that is on the disc but this does nor work - states driver not found, reboot and try again. The wizard also does not work to find a driver. I have uninstalled, tried to roll-back but to no avail. I have a dell dimension 4600. I have never changed the soundcard - if anyone needs to know what soundcard it is can you also let me know how to find this information. Many thanks.

I have just found this information if it helps.
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Property Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
Property Value
Current Clock Speed 3058
Description x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz

Current Clock Speed 3059
Description x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz


Memory (RAM):
Property Value
Bank Label
Capacity 268435456

Bank Label
Capacity 268435456

Bank Label
Capacity 268435456

Bank Label
Capacity 268435456

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1023MB

Disk Drives:
Property Value
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model IC35L120AVV207-1
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 119998609920 (~112 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
Property Value
Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Port Name Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver

Name EPSON Stylus Photo R300 Series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name EPSON Stylus Photo R300 Series

Name Broderbund PDF Converter 2.10d
Port Name LPT1:
Default False
Driver Name Amyuni Document Converter 2.10

Name Adobe PDF
Port Name My Documents\*.pdf
Default False
Driver Name Adobe PDF Converter


Motherboard:
Property Value
Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product
Serial Number .. .
Version


BIOS:
Property Value
Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
Name Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A03
Release Date 20030721000000.000000+000
Version DELL - 7


Monitor:
Property Value
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
Property Value
Description USB Human Interface Device


Pointing Device:
Property Value
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name HID-compliant mouse


Sound Card:
Property Value

Video Card:
Property Value
Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 134217728
Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.4523
Driver Date 28/07/2003 15:19:00
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
Property Value


Modem:
Property Value

Network Adapters:
Property Value
Description Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Trend Micro Common Firewall Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

Inserting Dimension 4600 below will bring up 4 possible Audio drivers for that model:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...=us&l=en&s=gen

None of the drivers work. The only one that would actually install was te creative sound blaster 5.1 but when I tried to play an audio file after this it states that I do not have any sound device installed.