Hello everyone,
I had the weirdest problem in my computer. I say the weirdest because, it never happened to me before for over 10 years using PC and laptops.
This problem is about Audio in my PC. Using Windows XP Pro SP3. With all the updates installed, and all the drivers up to date.
I was watching Youtube as usual, listening to this, watching that. No windows opened or other programs running in the background. Then, all of a sudden, just like that, the sound stopped working. I restarted, I switched to my second windows, Windows 7. And even there, no sound. I further investigate to find the Audio device is actually missed. And the Audio driver somehow got wiped out from the audio drivers list of my "Sound, video and game controllers". Which is "Realtek" Driver. All left in my Windows XP is just the default: Audio Codecs, Legacy Audio drivers, Legacy video capture devices, Media control devices, Video codecs.
But in Windows 7, the "Sound, video and game controllers" is missing. It doesn't show up, as if there is no such category.
That made me worried, So I did everything to fix it for an entire day. Here is what I did:
I formatted both windows XP and 7, I installed drivers, I updated, I ran Anti-Virus check by Kaspersky 2013, I did some trick I know like going to the "Add Hardware" and try install the Audio device for XP, that made the "Realtek" driver to show up in the list but it says: "This device cannot start. (Code 10)".
I switched to Windows 7, I tried the same thing. I installed the drivers, they don't show up, and as I said, "Sound, video and game controllers" somehow it doesn't exist. So, I did the same "Add hardware" trick, and that made the "Sound, video and game controllers" to show up in my Device Manager. But the driver it contain, which is "Realtek" is with a yellow mark beside it and says the same thing in XP "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". But somehow when I tried to install another version of Realtek from their website, which "AC'97 Audio codecs version 6305" which is the latest for W7. Through the installation process, the windows alert says the driver is not trusted and asks me if I want to continue or not, So I choose "YES goddamit" but somehow no process in the installation and repeats the same alert message. I tried to disable that, but it still haunt me.
That is my problem. It all started with Youtube. But I recall something while watching Youtube that day. The buffer gauge "don't know what u call it" somehow stopped and repeated itself and the Pixels kept switching from 360 to 720 to 1080 to 240, and couldn't watch anymore, and of course the sound is gone.
From that day to this day, Youtube do the same thing to me with corrupted buffer problem, and somehow can't decide the proper pixels for me, switching from this to that. But there are some videos doesn't do that problem. So, maybe Youtube is going into maintenance or something. But I'm 100% sure, it all started from Youtube.
My motherboard is this: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3261#ov
GA-G41M-ES2L (rev. 1.1)
I think the audio is on-board, not something you can plug out. So, I was wondering if I can buy a Sound Card and implement it on the motherboard, does it support it? And is that guaranteed will work?
If you guys can help me fix the problem, would really really appreciate it. Since I'm sick and tired of asking my brothers to fix my stuff by buying and paying. So, your help is very appreciated.
Thank you.
I had the weirdest problem in my computer. I say the weirdest because, it never happened to me before for over 10 years using PC and laptops.
This problem is about Audio in my PC. Using Windows XP Pro SP3. With all the updates installed, and all the drivers up to date.
I was watching Youtube as usual, listening to this, watching that. No windows opened or other programs running in the background. Then, all of a sudden, just like that, the sound stopped working. I restarted, I switched to my second windows, Windows 7. And even there, no sound. I further investigate to find the Audio device is actually missed. And the Audio driver somehow got wiped out from the audio drivers list of my "Sound, video and game controllers". Which is "Realtek" Driver. All left in my Windows XP is just the default: Audio Codecs, Legacy Audio drivers, Legacy video capture devices, Media control devices, Video codecs.
But in Windows 7, the "Sound, video and game controllers" is missing. It doesn't show up, as if there is no such category.
That made me worried, So I did everything to fix it for an entire day. Here is what I did:
I formatted both windows XP and 7, I installed drivers, I updated, I ran Anti-Virus check by Kaspersky 2013, I did some trick I know like going to the "Add Hardware" and try install the Audio device for XP, that made the "Realtek" driver to show up in the list but it says: "This device cannot start. (Code 10)".
I switched to Windows 7, I tried the same thing. I installed the drivers, they don't show up, and as I said, "Sound, video and game controllers" somehow it doesn't exist. So, I did the same "Add hardware" trick, and that made the "Sound, video and game controllers" to show up in my Device Manager. But the driver it contain, which is "Realtek" is with a yellow mark beside it and says the same thing in XP "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". But somehow when I tried to install another version of Realtek from their website, which "AC'97 Audio codecs version 6305" which is the latest for W7. Through the installation process, the windows alert says the driver is not trusted and asks me if I want to continue or not, So I choose "YES goddamit" but somehow no process in the installation and repeats the same alert message. I tried to disable that, but it still haunt me.
That is my problem. It all started with Youtube. But I recall something while watching Youtube that day. The buffer gauge "don't know what u call it" somehow stopped and repeated itself and the Pixels kept switching from 360 to 720 to 1080 to 240, and couldn't watch anymore, and of course the sound is gone.
From that day to this day, Youtube do the same thing to me with corrupted buffer problem, and somehow can't decide the proper pixels for me, switching from this to that. But there are some videos doesn't do that problem. So, maybe Youtube is going into maintenance or something. But I'm 100% sure, it all started from Youtube.
My motherboard is this: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3261#ov
GA-G41M-ES2L (rev. 1.1)
I think the audio is on-board, not something you can plug out. So, I was wondering if I can buy a Sound Card and implement it on the motherboard, does it support it? And is that guaranteed will work?
If you guys can help me fix the problem, would really really appreciate it. Since I'm sick and tired of asking my brothers to fix my stuff by buying and paying. So, your help is very appreciated.
Thank you.