Problem: After formating hardrive and reinstalling XP Home, I was without sound. If I attempted to play a sound file it said the device wasn't installed. My System Specs: -Asus P4S533-VM SiS 651 Chipset 533Mhz FSB USB 2.0 -Intel Pentium 4 2.53Ghz 533FSB -512MB Corsair XMS DDR333 PC2700 DDR -40GB 7200RPM Ultra-ATA 133 -128MB ATI Radeon 9000 Pro Dual VGA/DVI-I -Onboard 3D Audio -52X CD ROM Black -Onboard 10/100 NIC -1.44MB Floppy Drive -1 X 80MM Double Ball Bearing Smart Fan -2 X 80MM Double Ball Bearing Smart Fan -300W Approved Power Supply -Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition -Standard 1 Year Warranty w/ Tech Support What I have done: Over a 2 day timespan I've done a lot, I hope I don't get to much out of order, or leave anything valuable out... I went to Asus's website and looked up my motherboard. There I found a list of downloads based off my motherboard. I downloaded the audio drivers they provided. I then used the add new hardware wizard to attempt to add them. Everything went succesful, it accepted the drivers and said my device was working properly. But when I went to play a sound file, it ran smoothly, no device failure promts, but still.. no sound. The file would play, but I got no music. So I suspected my speakers. I switched those out with a set I knew worked, and still nothing. So I decided to check out C-Media's site. I went to Techsupport - Drivers - and the was confused. I had several diffrent types. So I refered back to the summary at ASUS's website ( http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P4S533-VM ) It said that my audio was: - C-Media CMI8738 4-channel AC '97 Codec SiS 962L S/PDIF out interface So looking back at C-media's site.. There was no CMI8738 in the AC '97 Codec section. Well I remembered the ASUS downloads had me download a 9738. Which i felt was odd... Well to sum it up, I tried both those drivers. I got errors like Code 10 - Device could not start after installing. The only drivers that seem to work are the ones from ASUS, yet they still give me no sound. Um... can anyone help? :)

go to control panel ....sounds and devices and check all your settings. it could be something simple....once when i re-installed the check was in the mute box for some odd reason....check all the simple things first.

Well cold613, I checked all the little things, atleast to my knowledge. :) My sound isn't muted in the Volume Control; which I should mention that the volume control only exists if I install using the ASUS drivers...