No sound!!

[sicharlton]

After reinstalling windows after formatting my system I have the problem of no audio. Under 'Sounds and audio devices' it states No Audio Devices. On this computer it is an INTEL D845EBG2 motherboard with the ac97 sound drivers needed. I presumed when i reinstalled windows these drivers would automatically be installed, this was not the case so i have downloaded the latest ac97 realtek software. This downloads fine and reaches about 95% of the installation when i am presented with the windows logo testing message...after clicking continue anyway (and also disabling these messages) the computer resets every time. When it reboots i am told that the system was reset due to a serious error.
Does anyone have any wise ideas as to whats happening? Or more to the point of how to fix it? Also, is there a way of manually installing these drivers?
Thanks
Simon

using windows xp sp2.

[dark41]

I'd recommend getting them from the manufacturer's web site rather than from Realtek's site. Try this:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=823&lang=eng

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agreed, if it's a prefab use the manufacturers website...