A question for the computer literate

[MC208B 0]

Hello all, I was bored last night and got rid of a bunch of stuff using ad aware. Anyway, when all was done, I have no sound now. Only a hiss that increases and decreases in volume with the volume control. The only stuff I got rid of was N/A and the ad aware said it should be okay to delete them.

Any help would be appreciated

[Kris 0]

Check your volume settings in your Control Panel.

If they're properly set, you may need to reload the drivers for your sound card.

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[falxori 0]

knowing ad-aware, i doubt its the cause but anything is possible (you should have made backups )

try removing the sound device from the control panel (system->device manager) and reboot, hopefully it will detect it and install the drivers again (either generic or from a CD).

btw, it could also be a loose connector, check it before re-installing stuff.

good luck

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[miked10270 0]

What operating system are you using? If it's XP or ME then try a system restore and see if that fixes it. On XP you can set your computer back as far as you want I think that on ME there's only one restore point.

Check your sound properties - has the "mute all" box been inadvertently checked.

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[andy2 0]

the newer version of ad-aware doesn't permanently delete the files you find are "corrupted", I use quotes because Ad-Aware is not always accurate or correct in deeming something bad for your computer. It makes mistakes. It might of deleted some of your sound files. Check your quarantine list and click on the box that will undo the remove. Then reboot, that should have the files back in place, be careful though, the actual bad files that you took off will now be back on, you might want to run adaware again and be more picky about which files you delete. Good luck!

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[MC208B 0]

I went into the device manager? and reloaded the drivers (altho there were no warnings in the device manager) restarted and the sound now works. Thanks for the help

[falxori 0]

he he , engineering 101

when it doesnt work... remove, reinstall and restart

O

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