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    What's happened to my soundcard??

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Omroth, Apr 4, 2010.

  1. Omroth

    Omroth Notebook Guru

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    I have a 6-month old M17x. Suddenly - my sound has stopped working. iTunes and winAmp refuse to play, Spelunky says it can't find a sound device.... help!

    I think it was directly after installing vista service pack2?!
     
    Omroth, Apr 4, 2010
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  2. inap

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    have you tried to reinstall your idt driiver?
     
    inap, Apr 4, 2010
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    Does your sound device appear in device manager ?
     
    mfractal, Apr 5, 2010
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  4. Omroth

    Omroth Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys, thanks for the replies. Under "Sound VIdeo and Game controllers" in Device Manager I see:

    IDT High Definition CODEC

    (as well as three bluetooth things).

    Should I try to reinstall IDT? Where's the download for that do you know?

    Thanks,
    Ian
     
    Omroth, Apr 5, 2010
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  5. mfractal

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    what do you see when you go to control panel's "Sound" ?
    Do you see something like this ?
     
    mfractal, Apr 5, 2010
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  6. Omroth

    Omroth Notebook Guru

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    Hi. I see this:


    [​IMG]
     
    Omroth, Apr 5, 2010
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    I'd uninstall and reinstall sound driver. It's not s hardware issue IMHO
     
    mfractal, Apr 5, 2010
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    Ditto, reinstall the Driver.
     
    FoxTrot1337, Apr 5, 2010
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  10. Omroth

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    That did it thanks guys!
     
    Omroth, Apr 6, 2010
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