Can someone please explain about SOUND CARDS!?

I need to know how to get my Packard Bell Easynote laptop to recognise that it does actually have a sound card in it! Having reinstalled Windows altogether, I have no sound; and not being able to play music etc is beginning to bug me.

Can someone please explain about SOUND CARDS!?
are you talking about the sound card that came with it or one you bought extra? make sure the drivers are installed for it by right-clicking on my computer and going to properties. click on hardware tab, then device manager. you should see audio devices, and then under that your sound card. right-click and go to properties. it will tell you if there is a driver for it. if you have to install the drivers, they should have come with your card on a cd. if that is not the problem, then you might want to contact your laptop manufacturer.
Reply:Well you first need to find out what type of sound card it is. You would have to open up the machine or go to packard bell's website and find out.





Next you need to download drivers for the sound card. You can find them on packard bell's site or driversguide.com





Next you need to install the drivers by right click on my computer then left click on properties. Go to your device manager from tehre.





Find the sound card that is most likely conflicting right click properties on it.





Then click on update driver and point it to the place your driver was saved. Good Luck.
Reply:You are going to need to find out what sound card you have and find the drivers for it. www.driversguide.com is a good place to look. if you cant find it at Packard Bell's website, first try your manufacturer's site though
Reply:You probably lost the driver for the card during your re-install of Windows. Open Device Manager to see if Windows knows there is a card installed. Double click on the sound card icon and try reinstalling the driver.





Another option would be if you have the original s/w CD that came with the laptop, it may contain the driver you need.





If you know the mfr and model of the card, you might be able to find the driver on the web.





Don't give up! I've been through this on a couple of PCs and I understand how frustrating it can be.
Reply:Reinstall the audio driver from the Packard Bell software.