this is a 7 yr old GATEWAY, i installed windows xp yesterday and cant hear any sounds . do i need to download any drivers or such from gateway? THANKS for your time!Go to Device Manager and see if there are any Yellow Question or Exclamation Marks.
If there are any, tell us what they are.

One more question, what are the specs of this computer?
(Hard Drive Size, RAM, Processor speed)device manager is all good!    specs>   intel(R)    pentium(R)  4   cpu1300mhz    1.30 GHZ, 128mb of ramWow, that is definitely not a Windows XP machine.

Anyways...
Download, and install Everest: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
Open it, click Computer, then Summary.
In upper menu, go Report>Quick Report-Summary
Save it in text file, and paste it in your next post.
Don't include anything under line Debug - PCI did not understand this dont include under debug pci

[Saving space - attachment deleted by admin]now i see what you meant  sorry All right.

Have you checked to see if your sound is not muted or anything? Are all the sliders in Volume Control up to FULL?
Also, if you go to Control Panel --> Sounds and Audio Devices --> Sounds tab, make sure the right output device is selected.i have checked every volume control i can find  and went through device manager 1 item at a time says they are each working properly.  also completed  the steps from help section  still nothing ?? any other ideas?  thanks for your timewell i fixed the problem first i installed updated driver from gateway,then found settings for analog or digital i needed digital.  all is good real good  i have been using me and xp is real COOL Sorry for not ASSISTING earlier, but good job.