Sometimes, for no reason whatsoever, my sound on my computer just stops working. I reboot my computer and it doesn't help. Then it just comes back. It's been coming and going for quite some time now. I tried system restore, but no effect. It's nothing wrong with my speakers or anything like that though because I checked. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!

Howdy, Ya could have a bad sound card. Until you replace it with another for testing, you aren't going to know. If you have the funds, take it to a local shop and let them diag. it but it would be cheaper to just go out and purchase a cheap sound card, if you go to a place like Best Buy our Circut City, you can return the card within 30 days if it doesn't fix the problem. Laters, Kevin The Tech Dude

You did not say whether you have on-board sound or a sound card (or both). If you have only on-board sound, good luck. It may take a new motherboard and/or drivers. Even that may not do it. I gave up trying to get the on-board sound on my machine working - many problems similar to yours - and installed a sound card. If you have both, be sure to disable the on-bord sound (BIOS setup at startup) and delete the drivers Add/elete progrms). Also, check for IRQ conflicts. Some sound cards are very finicky about sharing the IRQ.

I too, have a sound problem [recording]... brand new HP n5190 [back in Jan] laptop. Windows ME... new headset with mic... all audio works great... just can't use the recording or talk over the net... have tried three different head/mic sets... have verified mic on in software via, msn, yahoo, etc... most of time when checking for mic on in software I find the setting pegged out... I bring the associated volumns down and still no help. did not have any problems with a Dell laptop that I used and formatted and installed software. did not have any problems with a HP n3190 laptop except the hard drive crashed while on the net one evening. hard to believe the sound card was defective from the factory????????????????????????????