Laptop sound broken?

AaronD · #1 08-01-2010, 08:14 AM

The sound on my laptop has been playing up alot lately, some days it works some days it doesnt.

However the last couple of days it just keeps saying "no audio output device is installed"

Usually when it says this i just turn it off and turn it back on but it hasnt worked the last couple of times.

So is there anything i can do to fix it or is it time to buy a new laptop?

Thanks

froovs · #2 08-01-2010, 08:20 AM

its very unlikely that the sound part of your laptop is broken, with the rest of it working, physically i mean

it will just be your soundcard driver software is mangled

cheers
f

Jimbob Jones · #3 08-01-2010, 08:24 AM

What make is your laptop? what OS are you running? If you're on XP then you can use the device manager...also the manufacturers website will often have drivers for free download.

AaronD · #4 08-01-2010, 08:31 AM

Its an Acer and its running vista, if that helps.

Will i have to uninstall the sound driver(or whatever its called) then re-install it?

froovs · #5 08-01-2010, 08:32 AM

yep, thats the first thing to try

cheers
froovs

AaronD · #6 08-01-2010, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by froovs

yep, thats the first thing to try

cheers
froovs

But i dont have a copy of that driver to install it again

AaronD · #7 08-01-2010, 08:37 AM

Ohh wait i think you can download it again for free off their website.

Well here it goes...

AaronD · #8 08-01-2010, 09:09 AM

Right so i uninstalled the audio driver and i am about to download the new one.
Where do i save this new driver to?

AaronD · #9 08-01-2010, 09:44 AM

Well i re-installed the audio driver and restarted the computer and it still says that there is "no audio output device installed"

What now?

Jimbob Jones · #10 08-01-2010, 02:20 PM

go to your control panel and find 'device manager'. There should be an audio device somewhere on the list, with a warning icon by it showing there's no driver. If you open the devices properties, you can install it manually from there.

Do you have the original installation disks that came with the laptop?

MIJ-VI · #11 08-01-2010, 02:43 PM

A corrupted entry in the Windows Registry?

MIJ-VI · #12 08-01-2010, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronD

Its an Acer and its running vista, if that helps.

Will i have to uninstall the sound driver(or whatever its called) then re-install it?

What's the exact model number of your Acer, and which version of Vista are you running?

Googling this info will allow one to see if others are having the same problem thus possibly flushing out a solution.

AaronD · #13 08-02-2010, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJ-VI

What's the exact model number of your Acer, and which version of Vista are you running?

Googling this info will allow one to see if others are having the same problem thus possibly flushing out a solution.

I googled it and other people did have the same problem but they re-installed the driver and it worked for them.

Ans the its an Acer aspire 7520 running vista home premium