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    Audio Device has been disabled?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by keith_chelsea, Feb 3, 2008.

  1. keith_chelsea

    keith_chelsea Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    Somehow my audio device has been disabled. I cannot use things like skype as it says there is a problem with my audio recording device. I have right mouse clicked on the speaker (bottom right of the screen) clicked on recording devices and it says that no audio device in installed.


    I have put in the orginal disc again with all the drivers and that has not helped. Any ideas????

    Please let me know if you need any more info on what I am using.

    Keith
     
    keith_chelsea, Feb 3, 2008
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    what do you see in device manager for sound devices? is there anything in device manager with a ? or !
     
    goofball, Feb 3, 2008
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  3. keith_chelsea

    keith_chelsea Notebook Enthusiast

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    No I've checked that and where the sound section (video, games etc) is there is nothing there apart from Realtek high defintion audio
     
    keith_chelsea, Feb 3, 2008
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    tried the usual delete/reboot and see if Windows will re-enable it?
     
    goofball, Feb 3, 2008
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    How do i do that and will i lose anything?
     
    keith_chelsea, Feb 3, 2008
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    Go to the device driver(Realtek)>right click>uninstall. Then reboot your notebook.
     
    Padmé, Feb 6, 2008
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    No need to reboot, just do a "Scan for hardware changes", it will reinstall the driver, and you should get that sound back in no time.
     
    Dragonpet, Feb 7, 2008
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    Interesting. I head issues like this with my Creative Audio X-FI Express mobile on my 945GM based notebook. I knew it had something to do with the UAA bus driver after a fresh install, but now I got the onboard audio working but no sound via speakers if I switch to my X-FI card, only through headphones or SP/DIF out to external AMP.

    It seams to work but Sandra motherboard readout shows onboard audio devices; HD audio = disabled. Yet, in Device Manager, everything looks normal. Only thing is, I didn't instal the Realtek audio software, only the audio driver for and UAA bus driver.
     
    Lappie, Feb 7, 2008
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