Ok I have seen a system infected with yaha that wouldn't "respond" to reinstalling the drivers.. I am not saying that this is the problem here BUT it could be several corrupted entries in the registry BUT it could be some thing else..

What I have missed from this thread that may help..

1/ What was installed just b4 the "failure"? what was he doing b4 the problem started?

2/ When You try to re-install the Drivers.. did you remove the devices in the Hardware/device manager, and restart the machine before reinstalling the drivers?

3/ Are you sure you have the correct drivers for your sound card.. the Card will have a FCC ID you can use that to search for the drivers or you can use the ID from the main Chip usually 2 or 3 letters followed by 3 to 5 numbers ie ESS1968 etc do a search on these..

4/ The other possability is the Sound card is stuffed.. replace it...

realise that this info is in no particular order..


Cheers