05-21-2008, 01:33 PM
I recently had my hard disk fail. I replaced it and restored the operating System (XP Home edition), applications and user files. All seems OK except that I have no sound.
Looking inside the machine shows that the sound output comes straight off the motherboard. I have checked the obvious things (plugs in, power on, volumes not muted).
The Control Panel Option “Sounds and Audio Devices�? says that we have “No Audio Device�?.
Device Manager, under “Sound video and game controllers�? reports
Audio codecs
Legacy audio drivers
Legacy video capture devices
Media control devices
MPU-401 Compatible midi device
Standard games port
Video codecs
R-click and “properties�? on the MPU-401 says that it is
“on PCI standard ISA bridge�? (and that it is working properly)
The driver is reported to be from Microsoft, dated 01/07/2001 and with version number 5.1.2535.0. The file seems to be
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32\DRIVERS\DRMK.SYS
I tried the automatic “search for new driver�? but it reports that nothing better could be found.
I have run a Belarc report on the machine. I can’t get the whole of it into a conveniently readable format, but I think that the main points are that my main circuit board is
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7NVM400 Rev 2.xx
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 3.00 08/06/2004
Under “Multimedia�? it reports
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port
Despite what “Device Manager�? says, I wonder if I am missing a driver?
I would be very grateful for any advice.
Gerry Kendall
PS this is my second try at posting this problem. I think that the first one failed. Many apologies if this is a duplicate.
Looking inside the machine shows that the sound output comes straight off the motherboard. I have checked the obvious things (plugs in, power on, volumes not muted).
The Control Panel Option “Sounds and Audio Devices�? says that we have “No Audio Device�?.
Device Manager, under “Sound video and game controllers�? reports
Audio codecs
Legacy audio drivers
Legacy video capture devices
Media control devices
MPU-401 Compatible midi device
Standard games port
Video codecs
R-click and “properties�? on the MPU-401 says that it is
“on PCI standard ISA bridge�? (and that it is working properly)
The driver is reported to be from Microsoft, dated 01/07/2001 and with version number 5.1.2535.0. The file seems to be
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32\DRIVERS\DRMK.SYS
I tried the automatic “search for new driver�? but it reports that nothing better could be found.
I have run a Belarc report on the machine. I can’t get the whole of it into a conveniently readable format, but I think that the main points are that my main circuit board is
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7NVM400 Rev 2.xx
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 3.00 08/06/2004
Under “Multimedia�? it reports
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port
Despite what “Device Manager�? says, I wonder if I am missing a driver?
I would be very grateful for any advice.
Gerry Kendall
PS this is my second try at posting this problem. I think that the first one failed. Many apologies if this is a duplicate.