Hey guys,
My audio disappeared and stopped working. it no longer shows in the device manager. installing the driver does nothing. my audio icon has a red x on it and when i click it it wants to detect problems (it doesn't work). what should i do? how should I diagnose the audio? I feel like this is hardware problem as it just happened out of the blue.
I am running Windows 8 (and have been for a while) using Andrew08's guide located here
I updated the bios
chipset drivers
took it apart and unplugged and replugged the audio board
started in safemode
restored to a system restore point from a month ago.
*CLEAN INSTALL (per andrew 08's guide) still same problem. this is a hadware problem.
none of these worked.
see as I think it is a hardware problem, does anyone know if this audio board has the actual realtek chip and not just the i/o? (so if i swap it out i will have audio again)
update: found this waiting for a reply from MikjoA. or anyone who knows!
Thanks guys!
Update:
see last post: Replacing the ribbon cable model number FPC-197 1-881-486-11 fixed the issue.
MikjoA I tried to message you back but your inbox is full.
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I just swapped the audio board and it still doesn't work. i kept the new one in just in case. can anyone help with diagnosing what the issue is?
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did a clean install after the board swap. still nothing.
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still stuck, any help would be great! thanks
should i post this in another thread somewhere? -
if you already swap the board, let try swap the cable if you can.
in addition, do you see audio device in Device Manager? -
unfortunately, I don't have an extra cable. The audio device does not show under the device manager. however the USB power and the HDD that use the same cable are functioning properly.
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Sent from my LT30at using Tapatalk 2 -
do cables like that just stop working? is there anything I can do to diagnose the problem? should I return the audio board i purchased?
for future reference the VPC-z11 cable for the ODD/HDD and audio+USB mini board is FPC-197 1-881-486-11
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I just changed the ribbon cable. audio is working again! thanks a lot for everyones help and suggestions.
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