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    HELP! No sound on my m17xr3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by hayabusa702, Nov 10, 2011.

  1. hayabusa702

    hayabusa702 Newbie

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    Received this last night and opened it this morning. The sound doesnt work, anyone know what to do?
     
    hayabusa702, Nov 10, 2011
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    I even went to dell's website and updated the sound driver and nothing...
     
    hayabusa702, Nov 10, 2011
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    kakureru Notebook Geek

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    went though the regular motions?
    check to see if the driver is active? try headphones in both of the slots? check windows update?
     
    kakureru, Nov 10, 2011
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    headphones work, but the speakers on the unit do not. Should I try reinstalling windows 7?
     
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    nah, that wont matter, Ide go onto windows update and only look in the optional and see if there is an audio driver.

    windows also has a manual output selector. if the IDT chip is anything like the one in my R2, you can right click the speaker icon next to clock, select "playback devices" and make sure the check is on the speaker icon. if it isn't, right click the speaker icon and select "set default device."

    One time back when I got a laptop with no sound but through headphones, the internal speakers were simply not plugged in.

    consider yourself lucky when seeing all the other people here with video card and posting problems. :p
     
    kakureru, Nov 10, 2011
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