1) How easy is it to fry the audio on the motherboard? If the compy was on and I touched the mobo with a computer screwdriver trying to get a loose screw out, could that little touch have blown the mobo audio? (I was also messing w/ drivers for something, but can't seem to get the sound working again, thought it might have been the 1st)

2) I installed a 2nd instance of Windows on a seperate partition on my computer in an attempt to try something without messing up my other version of windows. Once finished I formatted the other drive to get rid of windows. When booting my computer I still get the choice to boot either instance of windows, but only one works and I cant figure out how to remove the choice for the other version.

Thank you in advance for any help! I usually try to troubleshoot on my own, but I can't figure these out.

2/21/2007 6:30:08 PM

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 6:55 PM. Reason : meh]

2/21/2007 6:55:22 PM

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"could that little touch have blown the mobo audio?"

It's possible.

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"how to remove the choice for the other version."

Windows key + pause key -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery Settings -> System Startup Edit

2/21/2007 7:52:28 PM

1) Possible, but unlikely. Most likely a driver issue.
2) Edit boot.ini on the second install and delete the entry corresponding to the first install.

2/21/2007 10:20:37 PM

in the boot.ini i deleted the bad install. Now at startup i get the same choose which one to load screen, but the choices are now Windows MCE and Windows (default) where default is the one i deleted and doesnt work. help?

How can i check if my audio is shot or if it's a driver? all the drivers seem to be okay and troubleshooting them leads nowhere

2/22/2007 12:53:37 AM

bttt.... audio problem is killing me... am i gonna have to buy a soundcard?

2/22/2007 11:44:30 AM

Do any of the other audio ports work (mic, input, etc.)?

2/22/2007 12:33:30 PM

it doesnt look like it

2/22/2007 4:49:55 PM