Thanks for the reply Karl. Yes, it does say "no audio output device is
installed".

I made sure I was careful when upgrading the RAM, but if something was
knocked, how would I know? Everything that was touched seemed fixed and not
loose at all.

"Karl Snooks" wrote:

> Tom,
> Just guessing here does that msg really say "no audio output device
> installed".
>
> Is it possible that in the process of upgrading the ram that you knocked a
> wire loose or knocked a card loose or changed a non-ram related bios
> setting:?
>
> In any case, Win+R | DevMgmt.msc to run device manager and then check the
> devices for yellow and/or red icons.
>
> karl
>
> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:901F5EE8-55CA-4FAC-B95C-F3B503442096@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I've recently upgraded the RAM on my Computer, turned the machine on
> > and
> > everything seemed fine, until I noticed that there was "No Output Device
> > installed".
> > I've noticed many topics about this subject but all seem to be occurring
> > after installing Vista not RAM, any ideas?
> >
>