problem with Vista Home Premium

[saffionline]

Hi, I have a problem with Vista.
I am running Home Premium.
I have a Q6600 processor, 4GB of Corsair ram, 8800Ultra video card, Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty audio card, a couple of 1TB samsung HDD and a couple of samsung DVD writers.
The problem : I started getting BSODs and tracked the cause to faulty ram. I removed the faulty ram, two 1GB matched modules, leaving me with 2GB's of ram. When I rebooted I found that the taskbar icons for the network and speaker were disabled.
Vista no longer appears to see the network status, although everything is functioning as normal. The audio is no longer functioning, however. The device manager states everything is functioning properly, but the volume mixer states that there is "no audio device installed".
I have checked for viruses, reinstalled the hardware, reinstalled the software, nothing resolves the problem.
I am wondering if it is a registry problem?
Removing the ram seems to have screwed up Vista somehow, I should not be surprised with a MS OS. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[shortguy014]

Hi saffionline. It could be a problem with drivers. Have you ever looked into the device manager after you replaced the RAM. Maybe you managed to damage your HD in the process.

I'm guessing you know how to open Device manager but in case you don't.
Press Windows Key + R to open the Run command. Then enter devmgmt.msc to open the device manager, and check if drivers are installed correctly.

Another Alternative would be to insert your Vista DVD and boot from it. Try repairing it if you have a System Restore point.

If I'm wrong don't flame me, I'm only 13. >.<

[saffionline]

Hi shortguy..

Thanks for your quick reply but am not able to do that a pop up is mentioning that you dont have a sufficient privilege to uninstall. What should i do next..

Help me out ...