How to find out which sound cards I have?

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How to find out which sound cards I have?

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Just had to completely reformat my (old!) PC after having some mal wear get onto it - have reinstalled windows XP but can get no sounds (just the odd system bleep) - in the ''device manager' no sound cards are showing so cannot reinstall drivers because don't know what sound card to install them for. Am guessing that the only way to find out which sound card I have is to open up the machine and look - but am afraid I wouldn't even know what I was looking for. Can anyone help?

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Hi LouiseCA,

To determine the sound card installed on your computer you may follow any of the below method:

Method 1:

Show in hidden devices in device manager:

a. Click Start, click Run, and then type devmgmt.msc.

b. Click on View tab

c. Select show hidden devices

d. Search for the sound device.

Method 2:

a. Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.

b. Expand Components

c. Point to sound devices

d. Check for the manufacturer of the sound device.

You may refer the below link to know the hardware and software vendor contact information:http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vendors/en-us

You may refer the below link to install sound card: Install or remove a sound card (Holds good for windows XP):http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Install-or-remove-a-sound-card

Regards:

Samhrutha G S - Microsoft Support.

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