Hello

This morning I did a system recovery on my computer as it would turn on but not load up to desktop. It works now except i have no sound. I tried reinstalling the audio drivers a few times but nothing worked.

I ran DxDiag and in the sound section and ran test DirectSound and got the following...
DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x88780078 (No driver)

I'm starting to get to the point of throwing the thing out the window.... Can someone please help...

Thanks
Karen

Welcome to D-A-L.

Here is a link to Everest Home Edition (CLEAN FreeWare)

Download, install, and run Everest Home Edition on this machine. Once it's finished loading and running, look under;

MOTHERBOARD
Post what is listed for your Motherboard (make/model) and the Motherboard Chipset description.

Multimedia, or, under Multimedia, PCI / PnP Audio. This will tell you what sound devices you have available
on your system.

Post that information.

--------[ Motherboard ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 10/29/2004-SiS-760-6A7I7A09-00
Motherboard Name Asus K8S-LA

Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type AMD Hammer
Real Clock 200 MHz
Effective Clock 200 MHz
HyperTransport Clock 800 MHz

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 201 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 402 MHz
Bandwidth 3215 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type SiS MuTIOL
Bus Width 16-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (ODR)
Effective Clock 533 MHz
Bandwidth 1067 MB/s

Motherboard Physical Info:
CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 754
Expansion Slots 3 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 2 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset SiS760GX

Motherboard Manufacturer:
Company Name ASUSTeK Computer Inc.






--------[ PCI / PnP Audio ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SiS 7012 Audio Device PCI

Try this driver package. It should work;

SiS - Welcom to Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation.

Agree, then download and install.