There are no active mixer devices

[bmclaughlin]

My hard drive crashed and I had to install a new hard drive. I installed every disk that came with my computer but I don't have any sound and I get error messages from itunes saying "ituns detected a problem with audio configuration. Audio/Video playback may not operate properly. Not sure what to do. I have tried some things that others posted in a different thread ie start-run-services.msc and the clicked properties for Windows Audio and everything there was fine. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. I have an Ispiron 530 with Windows XP

[MHENRU]

Is the audio device listed in Device Manager? If so, right-click on the device and click on Properties.
What does the Device Properties Dialog state is the Device Status (on the General tab)?

[flagstar]

Either your audio card or audio jack was disconnected OR you installed the wrong driver for your Ac'97 or HDAudio

[bmclaughlin]

Turns out the audio devices weren't downloaded properly. I didn't have realtek listed as a driver and got some help from DELL support staff. Thanks for replying! It also fixed my blurry fonts.