Drivers disappeared

RJ2DJ

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Recently did a clean install of Win8 - all was well for a few days, but I had a strange buzzing noise in my attached speakers. Eventually traced it down to some dodgy wiring in a case fan, which I removed. In the process of diagnosing the problem I removed my PCI soundcard and PCI wireless card.

The soundcard is superfluous (it has no 64bit drivers available: Santa Cruz Turtle Beach) so I removed it and will use the onboard audio for the moment. I replaced the Wireless card into the same PCI slot it came from.

Rebooted the PC and it has now lost all my drivers: Audio, Video and Wireless. I've tried to "re-update" the drivers using previously downloaded codecs, but the wizard just claims I have the most up to date drivers.

Any ideas what
a) caused this?
b) I can do to fix it!?

I do have a new graphics card arriving this week, which will have HDMI out, so will be using that to carry Audio and Video to my TV which it's currently connected to - but I'll need to persuade the wireless drivers to work! Am I looking at a complete re-install?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
Does the wireless adapter show up in Device Manager?

If yes, I suggest removing it, then detecting new devices.

No guarantees, but you shouldn't be worse off than you are now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Window 8 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    homebuilt
    CPU
    I7-3930k
    Motherboard
    Asus P9X79 Pro
    Memory
    16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GTX 680
    Sound Card
    Soundblaster Zx
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus PA246Q
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    Corsair Force GT 120GB
    WD Cavair Black 1.5TB
    PSU
    PC Power & cooling Silencer 750
    Case
    Silverstone FT02B-W
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14 w/ PWM fans
    Keyboard
    cheap Logitech USB wired
    Mouse
    old 5 button Microsoft USB optical
    Internet Speed
    6Mb cable
Well, I decided to ignore the problem, rebooted the PC today with new graphics card and it seems to have sorted itself out. Bizarre.

New problem with HDMI out carrying audio: results in fuzzy picture on my flatscreen TV, but that's a different problem!

Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
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