Sound problems - webpages and Audacity don't play sound

[absolutional]

I have browsed through several topics and couldn't find anyone with a problem similar to mine.

My computer is not a Mac, but a Hackintosh. I wasn't sure if I should post this on the Windows board or Mac board, so if I put it in the wrong place, I'm sorry.

When I downloaded Audacity, not only it didn't play the sound of the tracks in the program, but also all my webpages (both in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer) don't play sound; webpages like youtube, lastFM, and others, simply don't play the sound, even though the timeline is moving forward.

I have tried to follow the Audacity wiki steps to reset the audio device settings, but not only I couldn't find a "Do not modify audio device settings (such as sample rate)" check box in the program's preferences, but also I don't know how to access the audio settings of this computer, since it doesn't operate neither as Mac nor as Windows.

I tried to reinstall Firefox too but the problem persists. I don't even care about keeping this program anymore- I'd just like to have the sound on the online pages back up.

Thank you in advance.

[kozikowski]

If you followed the Hackintosh Mantra, then you have all the supported hardware and this should be simple.

Apple > System Preferences > Hardware > Sound > Input and Output.

Set these for the modules you want to use, like Line-In or Headphone Out. If you have wacky sound hardware, then you will have wacky settings or maybe no settings and you're on your own.

Koz