I'm a complete nobo when it comes to this part of the system, can someone tell me how to check if onboard systems, such as sound and graphics are enabled and if not how to enable them.



Thanks in advance

should be under advanced options, chipset or devices...what version and brand PC and bios version please...?

Hi,

If you didn't find this information, go to Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager and open up the area you are concerned about by clicking the little +, then when you point on the item in that area, right click on that item and the second item down will say either ENABLE, or DISABLE. If it is enabled, it will say Disable, if it is Disabled, it will say Enable. That way you can change which ever way you want it.

Originally Posted by Tumbleweed36

Hi,

If you didn't find this information, go to Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager and open up the area you are concerned about by clicking the little +, then when you point on the item in that area, right click on that item and the second item down will say either ENABLE, or DISABLE. If it is enabled, it will say Disable, if it is Disabled, it will say Enable. That way you can change which ever way you want it.

Trying to get sound to work on this system, it's driving me nuts, trying to help night_wolvie on ST&T, and strangely another similar post has appeared with exacally the same problem
Here are the specs Here:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
DirectX 4.09.00.0900 (DirectX 9.0)
Computer Name SUWARA-7DRBJ7GD
User Name James

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Celeron, 2433 MHz (24 x 101)
Motherboard Name Asus P4S533-MX (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 SDR DIMM, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 651
System Memory 224 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (04/18/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter SiS 315 Integrated
3D Accelerator SiS 315 Integrated

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage:
IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive ST340015A (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive ATAPI CD-RW 48X16 (48x/16x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 38154 MB (33043 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech USB WheelMouse

Network:
Network Adapter SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (220.240.233.110)
Modem Lucent Win Modem

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device D-Link DSL-200 USB ADSL Modem(WAN)
USB Device Logitech QuickCam Express
USB Device Logitech USB WheelMouse

Tried the soundMax, AC'97 and SiS drivers from ASUS,nothing will install, any help much appreciated