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Monday, December 5, 2011

Steps To Fix No Sound Problem On Windows 7 Laptop Or Desktop Computer

By Roosevelt Delvalle


Most of you might have experienced sound problems in your Laptop or Desktop computers.

Follow the below steps to fix no sound issue on windows 7 computer:

Check Audio Settings: Ensure that the sound settings in your computer are set correctly. 1. Open Control Panel. In Control Panel, select Hardware and Sound. 2. Click on the option "Adjust System Volume under sound". Adjust the volume by moving the slider. 3. Click on Start and type Sound in Start Search. Select Sound from the results list. 4. Double click on the Sound option.In Playback tab select Speakers option. This option should be set as default. 5. You can verify this by opening the Mixer from Volume. You may also try changing the audio device to other one to check the sound issue. Right click on Speakers option and you can try Configure Speakers or Test to test the functionality of your audio device. 6. You can even test the sound from Sound options. Open the Sound window and select the Sounds tab, select any option in Programs which has sound icon beside it and click Test. Make sure that the mute is not turned on.

Windows 7 Troubleshooting app: Windows 7 has a troubleshooting app "Find and fix audio playback problems" which automatically detects the audio problems in your computer and fixes it. To open this application, click on Start and type audio in the Search field and when the application appears in the results select it. This application detects your audio problem and you need to just follow the on-screen instructions to fix your sound problem.

System Restore: If the sound was good and the issue you are experiencing is a recent one, try System Restore to fix it. Click on Start and type System Restore in Search. Select System Restore and perform the onscreen instructions to restore the computer to an earlier state so that you can get sound in your computer.

Reinstall or Update Sound drivers: If the problem persists, reinstall and update sound drivers. To Reinstall or Update sound drivers, perform the following steps: 1. Type Device Manager in Start Search, open Device Manager by clicking on it. 2. Click on "+" sign next to Sound, video and game controllers. 3. Now right click on IDT High Definition Audio Codec or Realtek High Definition Audio and select Uninstall. This will uninstall the sound drivers. Windows will prompt to restart the computer, in this case restart your system. If windows does not prompt, you can reinstall the drivers by clicking on the option "Scan for Hardware changes". Windows will automatically detect the changes and will reinstall the sound drivers. 4. I would recommend you to install the latest audio drivers from your computer support website. The laptop manufacturer website will have the latest drivers available. We can install these drivers to fix the sound issues. Therefore once you uninstall the drivers, visit your laptop website and download the latest one specific to your laptop model and operating system. If you are experiencing the issue after upgrading from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7, it might be due to the missing or incompatible drivers for Windows 7. You can fix the issue by uninstalling the existing drivers and reinstalling the audio drivers for Windows 7. 5. Reinstalling or updating the audio drivers fixes most of the sound issues in computer. If the audio device is not shown under "Sound, video and game controllers", it will be present under unknown devices. Make sure that it is enabled if it is disabled. Right click on the device and select Enable to enable the device and perform the reinstalling steps to resolve the no sound in windows 7 problem. 6. If Sound device is not present under Sound, video and game controllers, you can check it by clicking on Action menu in Device Manager and Selecting Scan for Hardware Changes.

Verify Controls And Connections: Laptops have their own volume control, make sure that they are enabled. Usually laptop have Fn + F(key number) key number changes for each laptop model. If you are experiencing the issue in desktop computer, verify that connections between the computer and speakers are properly connected. Check if the sound cables are working, you can test the issue by using other cables if available.

Install Missing or Required Codecs: If you are experiencing the issue while playing a file on media player or if you are unable to play a downloaded audio file or video file, the problem is most likely to be with the audio codes which might be missing, so make sure that you have the required sound codecs. If sound device is not detected and sound problem still persists, the last step you can try to fix the issue is to remove and replace the sound card back into the laptop by following the steps in the manuals for your computer model.




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