Sound

Zev · Sep 14, 2009, 01:06 PM

Lets say someone was missing a sound driver, so their speakers didn't work. (I don't even know how a sound driver can just disappear like that.) How would you go about finding a sound driver again?

*Violent* · Sep 14, 2009, 01:59 PM

You can use a handy tool called Everest to find out your sound driver type and from there you can just Google the driver name maybe even the website is listed under the driver so you can just visit the website.

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**LenMiyata** · Sep 14, 2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Zev

Lets say someone was missing a sound driver, so their speakers didn't work. (I don't even know how a sound driver can just disappear like that.) How would you go about finding a sound driver again?

And another place to check is either the support website of the manufacturer of the system (e.g. Dell, HP, Gateway, etc) or the manufacturer of the Motherboard, (if it's printed on the Motherboard...)

Zev · Sep 14, 2009, 06:33 PM

Ok so I crawled under my desk with a flashlight and and wrote down the product number off the sticker on my computer. Searched for the companies website and then downloaded the sound driver for the computer that I have, installed it. Sounds is still not working, did I have to do anything else?

Ishamael · Sep 14, 2009, 06:36 PM

Did you check to see if your computer recognizes the new driver? If it does, check to see if your sound is muted.

Zev · Sep 14, 2009, 06:38 PM

Ok, I don't know how to check if the driver is working, it didn't give me any errors after install. And I checked to see if the sound was muted and its not.

Ishamael · Sep 14, 2009, 06:57 PM

Do you know how to get to the device manager? I'm assuming you are using windows.

If you can get to the device manager find Sound, video and game controllers and expand it. Do you see anything there? Are their symbols next to the icons that are there? You can also right click on your sound card there and look at the properties. Does the window that opens tell you if the device is working?

Zev · Sep 14, 2009, 08:15 PM

Ok, yeah, the driver is showing up. Like my computer still makes window sounds, however I can't get any kind of other sounds.

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Zev ModZilla Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 491 Thanks: 12 Thanked 46 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Sound Ok so I crawled under my desk with a flashlight and and wrote down the product number off the sticker on my computer. Searched for the companies website and then downloaded the sound driver for the computer that I have, installed it. Sounds is still not working, did I have to do anything else? __________________ Signature is a Sazzy original.
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Zev ModZilla Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 491 Thanks: 12 Thanked 46 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Sound Ok, I don't know how to check if the driver is working, it didn't give me any errors after install. And I checked to see if the sound was muted and its not. __________________ Signature is a Sazzy original.
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Ishamael Otaku Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico Posts: 264 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Sound Do you know how to get to the device manager? I'm assuming you are using windows. If you can get to the device manager find Sound, video and game controllers and expand it. Do you see anything there? Are their symbols next to the icons that are there? You can also right click on your sound card there and look at the properties. Does the window that opens tell you if the device is working? __________________ "Who said I'm pissed?" - Silverskater145 "That gigantic wall of text you posted did a pretty good job of it." - Raven Omega
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Zev ModZilla Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 491 Thanks: 12 Thanked 46 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Sound Ok, yeah, the driver is showing up. Like my computer still makes window sounds, however I can't get any kind of other sounds. __________________ Signature is a Sazzy original.
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