I am installing my sound driver and it says no device found. tried formatting the system and installing system driver and chipset driver and then instaling audio

you can get it in vendors website.download it and install it

It might be because, your computer shows your Audio Card as a " unknown device ".

First of all, install the chipset driver.


Then install the audio driver, and it should work.

Also make sure you select the right version of Windows

go to Device manager and there u will get all the devices that will need the drivers....if any yellow ? or ! mark is found install the driver for that device

sounds like you need to install chipset / Sata / IDE drivers.

I have found that if your system locks up when tring to configure devices (and it makes it so you cannot use CD drive) booting into safe mode using f8 on boot and deleting the IDE drivers in device manager will force the system load some basic drivers for the next boot, and will allow you to temorarily use the CD drive, however you need to find the correct IDE / SATA drivers for this problem to be completely resolved as this is only a temporary workaround

Well if you reinstalled the operating system you need to install the drivers for all the hardware that is on the motherboard, You need drivers for, chipset, Graphic's, sound, lan, If you go to the website
of the maker of your motherboard they will have all the drivers you need.

need all drivers

what is the name of the sound driver?go to cnet downloading on device drivers and try to look for your sound drivers

? mark means no sound driver install or errors in Device Manager. u can check ur mother board cd room or can search ur audio driver in web or below may be ur answer


Question: Where do I locate motherboard sound drivers?
Answer: Users who have motherboards with on-board audio (often with VIA, Realtek, or C-Media chipsets) may have issues with their audio or AC'97 errors in Device Manager. Often this is caused because the operating system has been reinstalled and the motherboard chipset drivers are not installed. To resolve this issue try following the below steps.
Let Windows redetect drivers
If you have not recently reinstalled Microsoft Windows it's possible that your audio drivers are simply corrupt. Open Device Manager and remove all devices under "Sound, video and game controllers" and any "Other devices". Once removed reboot the computer and let Microsoft Windows re-detect the audio drivers.
Motherboard chipset drivers
Reinstalling the motherboard chipset drivers will usually resolve this issue. If your computer came with a Motherboard CD, install the chipset drivers from the CD and the sound drivers if also available on the CD.
If you do not have a motherboard CD, obtain the motherboard chipset drivers from the motherboard manufacturer.
Sound card drivers
If after installing the motherboard chipset drivers you continue to have issues install the sound drivers. We suggest you download the sound drivers from the computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer.
A listing of motherboard manufacturers and their drivers can be found on our motherboard chipset drivers page.

you need the ricoh chipset drivers