88lx5oh Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 how do i find out what sound card i have and what kind of ram i have. i had to reformat, and i have no sound now, so i need the driver. and i want to add more ram. its a hp pavillion 1000n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblunt Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Go to your manufactures web site, put in the exact model of your PC and it should tell you what type of ram you have and what the maximum allowable value is. Is your video card integrated or a seperate card? If its not written on the card you may be able to see the name of it in Device Manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 sound car.. but i would like to know the video card as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRN96WS6 Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Do you not have the drivers CD that came with the computer? IF so put that in and viola you will have all those drivers back. XP if you're running it has a lot of built in driver's I'd be surprised if it doesn't find them automatically for you. Are you sure the drivers are not loaded? Right click on my computer then click manager and a window will open. In the left hand side click on device manager, then it will open things on the right hand side. Are there any yellow question marks or exclamation points over there? If not your drivers (possibly the wrong ones) are loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjackson Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Also for drivers, if you don't have the CD's that came with the computer, go to the manufacturer website like previously stated, there should be an option somewhere on the page for the model of computer you have for you to download the original drivers. 2 things about this, if you've upgraded any components of the computer the original drivers wont help, also the original drivers will most likely be out of date, they should have updated drivers on the page as well. I'd give you the links and things for the pages I'm talking about, but I don't know the HP sites that well. If you had a Gateway I could give you everything you need, I'm a Gateway whore here at work. Hope it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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