Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the speaker setup. Play a sound. If sound problems persist, continue to the next section and check for BIOS updates. Step 5: Checking the Advanced playback settings If sound problems persist, continue to the following instructions. In Control Panel, there are settings for default playback devices that you might need to adjust. Right-click the default playback device and then click Properties.
Clear the check boxes in the Exclusive Mode section. The device can be a sound device or a modem. You also see an "X" character appear on the speaker icon in the notification area. To resolve this issue, re-scan the device in Device Manager by performing the following:. In the Device Manager window, highlight and right-click Sound, video and game controllers. The high-definition audio device will detect hardware changes and the "X" character should no longer appear on the speaker icon.
Step 8: Restoring the audio driver in Windows 7 Sound files and settings that become changed can cause sound problems.
Restore the audio driver to reset audio settings for the sound hardware and reinitialize the sound configuration in Windows. To resolve this, update the audio driver. See Step 8: Updating the audio driver. Use the driver recovery process to restore audio drivers for the original sound hardware using the following steps:. On the Hardware Driver Reinstallation welcome screen, click Next.
Select the audio driver to reinstall, and then click Next. Helpful information will advise you how to install drivers using the Windows Device Manager. Follow the onscreen instructions. The Recovery Manager begins reinstalling the chosen driver. After the driver installation is complete, click Finish to restart the computer. After restarting the computer, test for sound.
If there is still no sound, continue to Step 8: Updating the audio driver. If you are unable to reinstall the driver using Recovery Manager, roll back to the previously installed driver using the following steps:. In the Device Manager window, click Sound, video and game controllers. Right-click the name of the audio device and select Properties.
Step 9: Updating the audio driver in Windows 7 An updated audio driver might resolve the problem if the computer is experiencing sound problems after upgrading the operating system to Windows 7, or the computer is experiencing sound problems in a particular software program. If prompted, select your product from the search results.
If an update is available from HP, follow the instructions on the download page to download the driver and install it. If an audio update is not available or the audio problem persists after the update, continue on to update the audio driver using Device Manager.
Right-click the name of the audio device listed under Sound, video and game controllers. Windows checks for and installs any updated drivers found. The Window displays whether the computer already has the latest available driver or if Windows was able to successfully update the audio driver. Test for sound. If sound problems persist or no drivers could be found and installed, continue with the next step to check the device manager.
Step Checking Device Manager to troubleshoot sound in Windows 7 If you cannot hear sound, check Device Manager to determine the state of the sound hardware. If a sound device is not listed , the sound hardware is not being detected by Windows. See Step Testing for sound hardware failure in Windows 7. But with the Pro version it takes just 2 clicks and you get full support and a day money back guarantee :.
Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers. As a technical writer for Driver Easy, April writes articles related to various tech issues, including Windows computer problems and game errors. She's never happier than when her articles help people solve their problems - whether they're Windows errors and blue screens to network errors and faulty hardware.
When she's not writing, she likes reading literary novels and poetry. To install Driver Easy Click. April Cai Last Updated: 4 months ago. Check to see if there is sound.
If the menu initially had "24 bit" as the option, select a bit option or vice versa. Click Test. This option is on the right side of the window. Clicking it will cause your speakers to play a tune if they're working. Repeat the test with each frequency. If you find a frequency that produces audio, you've resolved your computer's audio issues. Click OK to close the window when you're finished. Method 4. Open your Windows Services. If the services related to audio on your PC have stopped or are malfunctioning, you may be able to resolve sound issues by restarting them.
Type services. Click Services in the search results. Right-click "Windows Audio" and select Restart. This restarts the primary audio service. This restarts another service that's important for audio. Once you've restarted all of these services, you can close the Services window. Test your sound again. If your sound still isn't working, try another method. Method 5. Open the Device Manager. If your audio drivers are corrupt or out of date, it could prevent sound from playing through your speakers or headphones.
Type device manager. Click Device Manager in the search results. Scroll down and click the arrow next to Sound, video, and game controllers. This displays a list of all audio drivers. Right-click your sound card and select Properties.
Your sound card might be called something like "Realtek High Definition Audio. Click the Driver tab. It's at the top of the dialog window. Click Update driver. Click Search automatically for updated driver. This tells Windows to search the internet and the files on your computer for more up-to-date sound drivers. Install the new drivers if prompted. You may have to confirm this decision by clicking Yes or Install , though new drivers will typically download on their own.
If Windows doesn't find a new sound driver, check your computer manufacturer's website for the most recent drivers. If you're still not able to update the audio driver, you'll want to remove it. Click Uninstall Device , check the box next to "Delete the driver software for this device," and then click Uninstall. Restart your computer and test the sound. Once the drivers are finished installing, you'll want to restart your computer to finish implementing the changes.
If your drivers were the reason your computer's sound wasn't working, you should now have sound. Method 6. If you don't see this item in Device Manager, this method won't work. Click Browse my computer for driver software. Additional options will appear. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. A list of pre-installed drivers will appear.
This replaces the driver with a more general driver designed to work on a wider variety of PCs. Restart your PC after adding the driver and test your sound. Reset your computer, or do an in-place upgrade which reinstalls Windows without you losing data or files. It will reinstall your sound driver. Not Helpful 6 Helpful I have Windows 8. I can't find the solution! I have tried your methods and it's still not working. Make sure your physical sound card is working. It may be that you have multiple sound systems.
Click on the one you would like to use by going to the taskbar and clicking the sound option. Then click on the name of your sound speakers, i. Conexant SmartAudio HD, then choose your preferred sound system. Not Helpful 37 Helpful This depends on what the updates are, and if they're being installed correctly.
However, recently I was getting the same problem in regards to updating. NET Framework 4. If that is indeed the problem, uninstall. NET Framework Client Profile from the computer, restart, and see if the same updates are installed again. This works because the installs are not being properly integrated, and they keep reinstalling. Windows will then detect an important update to install, and the problem should be fixed. Not Helpful 10 Helpful 1. How do I resolve no sound on my Windows XP computer?
I have a Creative SoundBlaster Live.
0コメント