Over the years computers laptops and netbook have become a multimedia device and are used to not on plays music but video as well. The sound system in our computers is now an essential part of how it communicates information to you. That is why when the sound stops working on your computer is not just frustrating but essential to get it fixed.
I recently had a laptop which had no sound emanating from it’s tiny laptop speakers. Now I knew it use to work, so had to investigate the cause of the problem.
Firstly I had to play a sound to confirm they weren’t working properly. Now I had a few options for this either by entering a cd into the DVD drive, playing a system sound or playing an MP3 file. I quickly opened iTunes and played a lady gaga album I had previously ripped to my hard drive.
I could see from the sound level bouncing up and down with the beats of “Just Dance” within iTunes, so was confident it was playing some sound it’s just I couldn’t hear it.
The next area I checked was volume control within Windows 7. You can access this from either the control panel or the bottom right notification area by clicking the speaker icon. If there is a red sign on the speaker then this is most likely your problem as the speaker is muted. If you slide the speaker volume to the top then this should unmute the speaker and leave it at maximum volume.
If there is still no sound coming from your speakers then check for an external volume control wheel on the side of the laptop or a mute of volume buttons on the keys. Finally check nothing is plugged into the headphone socket as this usually mutes the speakers.
If after all this you still have no sound then you need to check and update the driver software by going in the control panel, System and device manager. Select the sound card controller and right click to update the software.
This is how I fixed my problem for some reason the sound card driver had got corrupted and by simply updating the driver the speaker sprang into life.
A great website I found to walk you through these steps in more detail is at www.techtumble.com
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