Speaker/sound problems

[ray_MAN]

I have a computer at my parents' office that I use quite frequently. It has no sound, so I decided to put a sound card in. I had a Sound Blaster Live! Platinum lying around, so I popped it in there, installed the card/drivers, and I tried to test it. There was no sound. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it to no avail. I would say it was my speakers, but they worked on the other computer I used it on. The speakers are Altec Lansings. There are only two speakers. Are my connections wrong, did I install the card wrong(I used the CD), or is my slot I put the card in bad? Help me, please! :rolling:

 

[Shuzer]

Did you make sure sound acceleration was at full (Start > run > dxdiag)?
Did you make sure the Windows Audio service was on (Start > run > services.msc)?
Did you make sure any onboard sound (if applicable) was uninstalled and disabled?

 

[Maxi]

Are you sure the soundcard works?

 

[blahblahblah]

How did you store the soundcard?

 

[ray_MAN]

I put the sound card in a paper towel rolled it up and put it face up in my dad briefcase. It was on top. Nothing was on it. Shuzer, services.msc doesn't work. Maxi, funny you should ask that. I took the card out of a computer in which the motherboard failed. It resulted in me getting my current computer(at home). I don't know how or if a motherboard failure would ruin my sound card.

 

[Shuzer]

I put the sound card in a paper towel rolled it up and put it face up in my dad briefcase. It was on top. Nothing was on it. Shuzer, services.msc doesn't work. Maxi, funny you should ask that. I took the card out of a computer in which the motherboard failed. It resulted in me getting my current computer(at home). I don't know how or if a motherboard failure would ruin my sound card.

The paper towel wasn't the world's best idea, but it should have been okay. The paper towel didn't flake off all over it, did it? Ideally speaking, you wanted an anti-static bag, as a paper towel could cary a static charge.

What OS is the computer running?

 

[blahblahblah]

You could have fried your sound card. Next time you want to save a computer part, put it in an anti-static bag.