Locate any/all Realtek related sound devices, right-click on them one at a time, click Properties, Click the "Drivers" tab at the top, then click "Uninstall". Click the "+" next to the "Sound, Video and game controllers" entry. Then right click on My Computer (desktop), click on Properties, Click on the "Hardware" tab at the top, then on the Device Manager button. Then uninstall your audio drivers/software as follows:Ĭontrol Panel, Add/Remove Programs, scroll down and find anything related to Realtek Audio and uninstall these programs (if there are any Realtek audio related programs in the list). If this doesn't fix the Windows Event sounds not playing issue, I would download the audio driver from: Run through this wizard and see if this helps. If this doesn't work, click on the "Hardware" tab at the top and click the "Troubleshoot" button. Make sure all volumes are turned up and nothing is muted. You may have already done this, but bring up your volume control (Control Panel, "Sounds and Audio Device", click on the "Audio" tab at the top, then click the "Volume" button under "default Device".
Question - what type of media are you playing on Windows Media Player? CDs? MP3 Files? Wave Files? Knowing this might help me figure out what's going wrong. What's confusing to me is that Windows Media Player and games - but not the Windows Event sounds. I'm just thinking that if this is the case, the output could be sent to the wrong output port.
In some cases, after flash upgrading the BIOS, windows will re-detect some devices - but this won't mess things up for you.Īs far as the Digital output - I know that there are speakers out there that connect digitally to the sound hardware (usually by a SPDIF RCA connector on the motherboard or sound card). If you need additional assistance with this, please reply.įlash upgrading your motherboard's BIOS will NOT mess up your installed software or operating system. The general support page for your motherboard is at: Intel Chipset Drivers for your Motherboard: Then download and install the following driver(s) I would completely uninstall the existing Realtek drivers and programs (control panel, add/remove programs, device manager, audio devices, select Realtek and Uninstall). Where did you get the Realtek drivers from? Did they come with your motherboard or PC? Did you download them from a website? Were these drivers built-in to Windows XP when you installed? Does your soundcard output to digital speakers? It's possible that the Windows sounds aren't going through your 5.1 speaker system.Īnother possibility is incorrect or buggy Realtek Audio drivers. You mentioned that you have Dolby 5.1 enabled. Re: Sound works in some programs, not others
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