Sound Driver

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    My volume control icon has disappeared. How do I get it back? I tried Fn plus the volume keys and nothinng happened.

    I cannot get any sound on my laptop, and cannot relocate the volume icon
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    Headphone and speakers play sound at the same time in HP laptop with windows 8.1

    Dear experts, I mentioned above, I plugged in my headphone to HP laptop. But sound coming both from headphone and speakers also. But I need headphone only. I made some setting in sounds settings. But not works for me. And in playback setting there is no headphone listed, only speaker showing...
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    Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro headphone jack detection

    I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro laptop where the headphone jack detection doesn't work properly. Most of the time the jack will always think there are headphones plugged and and therefore disable the speakers. This is NOT a software problem, I have both Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux 15.10 installed...
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    Sound and Video with HDMI out to my TV

    I've plugged in the HDMI lead into my tv and laptop and the picture is showing but not the sound.
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    Acer Aspire 5742-6638 speaker volume & crashing issues

    Why, even when I use the desktop speaker icon to max-up the volume on my Acer Aspire 5742-6638, is the volume so low I can barely hear anything even if I put my ear directly on the speaker strip? Also, my Acer Aspire 5742-6638 has been "crashing" approx. 7+ times every day, requiring me to...
  6. K

    Acer Aspire: Audio Freezing and Causing Loud Buzzing

    Recently when I have been listening to audio on my laptop, it will freeze for about 10 seconds and create a loud buzzing noise. Then my pointer would come back and eventually my screen would update the picture. This has been happening for a week now. My audio and display drivers are up to date...
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    Sound disappeared on Gateway NV55S

    Initially, I thought this was a Windows 10 issue, but after following the Microsoft steps, the problem sill exists. No audio.
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    Gateway P-7811FX sound driver solution for WinXP-Pro (32bit)

    Well, I've been from one side of the internet to the other and can't find a solution or any downloadable resources on this. There have been forum threads and links to drivers, but they have since disappeared and cannot be found. I have a Gateway P-7811FX gaming laptop and am using WinXP on it...
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    When I turn on my Dell Windows 7 laptop the screen is just black

    All my lights on the key board are working, the sound is working, but the screen is just black
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    HyperX Cloud Headset microphone not being recognized by Dell Inspiron 17R laptop

    My laptop came with Dell Audio that allowed me to select what type of audio device I was using when it was plugged into the jack. When I re-installed my audio drivers the Dell Audio program disappeared and now it is a problem because when I plug my HyperX Cloud Headset into my computer, there...
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    Sound "Blackouts" Over HDMI

    I have blackouts in my sound over HDMI. When for example I play a game where I have a quiet ambient sound the sound stops playing (I can't hear it). When I then click on a button which makes a loud sound the sound is back including the ambient sound which is gone again after a sec. Clicking the...
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    Fujitsu Amilo M7400 Hadware/Driver issue

    Hi there. I dont think anyone will do better than " buy a new laptop bro " but Ive been struggling with this for a week now. So recently we moved to London with my gf and brought along my really old fujitsu amilo m 7400 for writing cv s and some gaming, it was pretty beat up from the get-go...
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    Sennheiser G4ME ZERO Microphone not working

    Hi, I have my Sennheiser G4ME ZERO headset plugged into my 2015 15" MacBook Pro w/ Retina. It recognizes the microphone but doesn't take audio from it. The audio plays just fine but the microphone doesn't work at all. It doesn't work on either the Mac side or Windows 10 (BootCamp) side.
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    My sound is all sorts of messed up-(I have no idea what I am doing)

    Okay, so last night my headset started turning on and off rapidly and I had no idea what was wrong with it. It is a Logitech G930 and I am on the latest drivers for the Logitech gaming software. I also have a few other audio things that I have no idea what they do. One is some sort of Realtek...
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    Sound not transmitting properly

    Firstly i'm not sure this is the right Forum, if it's not feel free to move to to the right one. The problem I currently have is that my computer is not transmitting sound to anything apart from HDMI ports. By this I mean that the usual method I use is with a Digital cable to my Receiver...
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    Marshall Major 2- audio quality so bad

    so i recently bought marshall major 2 which cost around 113$ however the sound quality is so bad that my 20$ iPhone earphones have a better sound quality which is weird. the sound quality is way more different than my iPhone earphones and other headphone another thing is that the vocals...
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    Static sound through headset or earbuds

    Hi, I bought a Y50 70 lenovo laptop and am having a weird problem. When I watch a youtube vid or just a normal episode on VLC I sometimes get a weird static sound after a little while (3-5min) into the vid and will last for 2-10sec. This is on my Steelseries siberia elite prism aswell my...
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    Issues with headphone ports

    I have a razer blackshark headset and have it connected to my logitech g510 keyboard (which has onboard soundcard) and this has been working for a long time. However when i turned on my pc yesterday skype was saying issue with playback device and i wasn't getting sound at all. I used the ports...
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    Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma Problem

    So I have had this problem for a little while now, simply put when I play a game like Batman Arkham Knight I get this horrible crackling in the ear cups. When I play ARK: Survival Evolved it will crackle every so often and sometimes the mic will cut out and I will have to close the game or close...
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    Powering speaker and a subwoofer without built in amp

    Hello there, I have this really nice set of bookshelf speakers that i was planning to power with a mini amp like the lepai 2020 etc however i have this AMAZING sounding subwoofer from a home theater that wasn't being using and i want to know how i can power the bookshelf and subwoofer with an...
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    Sennheiser GAME ZERO - My Razer Kraken Pros have more Bass and fuller sound

    Onboard Sound of my Sabertooth X58: Realtek® ALC 892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Driver updated: 6/18/2015 Driver Version: 6.0.1.7541 I have an issue, and I don't want to get blasted by perceived "audiophiles" and other people who are experts in sound who will tell me my $79 Razer...
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    Logitech Z506 sound in front right speaker only

    I have a logitech Z506 pc speaker system, but after connecting it I only get audio from the front right speaker - the other four play only static. It's a 5.1 channel system plugged in to the onboard audio ASUS Sabertooth Z97 mkII motherboard. Things I have tried: Updating realtek HD audio...
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    Can't get old DOS games (94-95) to detect my midi/digital audio card on a VMWare Virtual Machine on Win2000

    I can't get games like System Shock or I have no mouth and i must scream to work because it does not detect my sound card. I try to select "Creative Labs Sound blaster or 100% compatible" and when i "attempt to configure sound driver automatically" it says ERROR XMIDI SOUND HARDWARE NOT FOUND...
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    Dell XPS 13 - Sound Driver Issue

    Hi! I've been given a laptop by a friend as the sound no longer works. A local guy offered to upgrade the laptop to Windows 10, but installed an evaluation copy and deleted the recovery partition. Windows 10 soon wanted a legitimate install so I had to go for a clean copy of Win7 Pro 64b for...
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    Dell vostro 15 3000 series laptop headphone jack not working?

    I have a dell vostro 15 3000 series laptop. Untill a few days back, the headphones were giving sound, but suddenly, they stopped working. In control panel it showed headphones connected and device manager also showed the headphone drivers as up to date. There is no problem with headphones either...
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    Does samsung syncmaster 320px have built in speakers

    Trying to figure out if my samsung syncmaster 320px have built in speakers? If so, how do I get them to work ? Its Model code: LS32BHYNB/XAA version: SP01
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    Headset has a extremley odd Buzzing when talking but not during video playback

    My headset : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M3T4KMA?psc=1&redir... It just has a slight buzz when ever a loud noise occurs. As well the buzz only last as long as a noise might so the buzz stops whenever I or my friend in skype stops talking. Yet it's only when he is loud or I speak loud...
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    I have uninstalled and then rebooted my PC but still no audio. I went to HP to download the drivers but it says theyre not for

    I need help with getting my audio back so i can stream to twitch and also watch youtube WITH SOUND.
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    Two Mics On Same Computer?

    Well as might of you might say that I can just go in the Manage Devices tab and select it but I can't. Long story short... My brother broke my old mic (same one) and snaps the plug thing inside the machine, So we got the same mic since I really enjoyed it and honestly! It was working but now...
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    Messed up sound quality from laptop headphone jack after doing a clean install of 8.1

    I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10 but I was having a lot of issues with 10 so I did a clean install of 8.1 from a bootable USB (I deleted Windows.old without thinking so I was not able to use the "Revert to 8.1" option in Windows 10). After updating drivers and all the housekeeping of installing...
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    Sound issues with drivers and/or hardware, please help

    Hello fellow internet users. I have quite the issue that I honestly have no idea how to solve, however before we start I would like to say I'm not really that tech savvy. I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to choosing correct drivers and such. But I'll try to be informative. This...
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    PC Audio Quality Suddenly Became Bad

    I was using my PC today on Windows 7 64-bit with my earphones plugged in. When listening to a song, I noticed that it was not very high quality (I've listened to the same audio file a lot, only this time is it poor). The next song, the poor quality became more apparent, as the vocals magically...
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    ROG Xonar Phoebus and 7.1 headsets..

    Okay, so after scouring the internet for information, I'd like to say this first and foremost: This is not a debate as to whether or not 7.1 headsets are a gimmick. This is not a debate as to which sound card is best. This is not a debate as to how good or bad a certain company is at producing...
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    Windows 7 sound driver for dell inspiron 2200

    Windows 7 sound driver for dell inspiron 2200, how can i get the driver
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    distorted headset sounds

    hello guys i recently purchased the steelseries siberia v2 heat orange and i have to say that they are an excellent piece of hardware BUT there is one miron lets say ''problem'' with them that kinda annoys me when i speak with a friend via skype or curse voice they sound a little distorted from...
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    Laptop (windows 7) lags non stop during usage and makes loud buzzing sound

    My laptop was working well for the past 2 years but today out of the blue it started lagging or freezing nonstop whenever i try to use it. Even being on the desktop itself and moving the mouse around is a mightmare with how much the cursor freezes/teleports. On top of that, whenever audio or...
  37. Zuhayr378

    Is too much bass bad?

    Just as the title says, if I were to pump up the bass on my headphones to 100% via SBX control panel (Sound blaster X-fi) off my mobo, would the insanity of bass pop the drivers or something. They do vibrate a ton, but I'm scared all that bass my induce permanent damage. Does it? Thanks.
  38. Dazbox

    Subwoofer + Speakers won't play simultaneously

    So I just bought a second hand PC & I'm having an odd issue - The speaker set consists of two front speakers that channel through a subwoofer and plug into the pc through the green audio port. Subwoofer requires 12v AC power. When I play music, anything really bassy skips every time the...
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    how to get sound driver for toshiba satellite windows 7 32bit

    my toshiba satellite laptop has been upgraded from xp to windows 7. however, the sound is not functioining. how do i get the sound driver?
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    Headset audio problem

    I plug in my headset and PC detects it. But the problem is that there is no sound coming trough and no sound is being detected (by the microphone). This happens on the front and the back jacks. But it does work if i plug them in the monitor, which is OK, but there is no microphone jack on it. As...
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    Headset Won't Work

    I plug in my headset and PC detects it. But the problem is that there is no sound coming trough and no sound is being detected (by the microphone). This happens on the front and the back jacks. But it does work if i plug them in the monitor, which is OK, but there is no microphone jack on it. As...
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    Laptop Sound Absent When Plugging in Headphones

    I just recently woke my laptop from sleep mode, plugged my headphones in, tried to watch a movie, and the sound had disappeared. No sound whatsoever. And no, it wasn't muted - everything was maxed out. So I decided to restart my laptop (note that this SAME thing happened a couple of days ago...
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    certain audio will not play

    So i have a few copies of a new movie, the audio plays fine throughout the entire movie. but certain words are just not played. so a character could be mid sentence and you have to lip read the rest... does this have to do with codec? thanks in advance.
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    My computer sound is somehow going in through my mic, and I can't figure out what's causing it.

    This problem came up a while ago, and I just lived with it. It makes calls to people impossible because they end up hearing what they say played back to them. I've tried this with an external mic as well as with the mic from the laptop I'm using right now, so I think I can safely rule out...
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    Earphone produces static sound but speaker works completely well.

    I have an ASUS K451LN bought few months ago, just today it started producing static sound through earphone which is rather annoying. Tried reinstalling sound driver but problem persists. Help!
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    i have an msi ms-10342b and my sound isnt working.i tried msi.com but they didnt have it either

    i am trying tofind the msi ms-10342b notebook sound driver and web cam driver for my laptop but even msi.com doesnt have it on their site. can u please help
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    Static/Crackling noise with HD Youtube videos

    Hi, whenever I try play a youtube video in HD the sound has a background crackling/static noise and is very noticeable. It only does this on chrome as games and music plays just fine. Any suggestions for a fix would be much appreciated! Thanks.
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    Speakers in correct position?

    So I have SP-10600-019 speakers, they're just cheap old things, but for now until I get a gaming set then they'll have to do. I just discovered today they might be switched around. When listening to "Falling Inside the Black" by Skillet I notice my speakers were playing out of the opposite side...
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    Astro a40 headset/mic not detected after installing realtek drivers.

    I have astro a40s with the mix amp. It was working fine with just the usb cable but i wanted the simulated surround so i got one of these since my graphics card doesn't have an optical port. At first when i plugged it in nothing changed, like it didn't detect the optical cable. So i downloaded...
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    Sound Not Playing Through TV When Connected to Laptop From HDMI

    I'm having a problem with the sound playing on my tv through HDMI connected to my Acer laptop running Windows 8. I've tried messing around with it before and I've read plenty of other suggestions. They always suggest going to control panel, sound, and enabling the TV sound. However, my TV...
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    my computer reads 'no audio output device is installed' when the volume key clicked hence the computer has no sound

    my pc has no sound there is a red 'x' mark on the volume key what should i do to restore sound
  52. MadMarch2

    What's good enough?

    So, I just started posting here and I know this community has lots of good and knowledgeable people (Every time I Google something about PCs Tom's Hardware pop up) so maybe you'll be able to help me. I always loved music, sound effects, soundtracks etc but I've never had good headphones to...
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    Emachines sound-driver problem

    Hi, i'm really clue-less right now. so i got a Emachines E725 that i have Formated and installed Windows 8.1 on (used to be a W$ Vista) and everything seem just fine, exept one thing, i get no sound from this s****, no sound from eather the headphone jacks or the internal speakers. the sound...
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    Looking to convert ac3 to DTS or Dolby on the fly

    Hi, I currently have my PC setup to my surround sound system through an optical SPDIF cable. I can't seem to find a method or program that will allow me to re encode ac3 into DTS on the fly so that I am able to watch movies in surround sound. My sound system only handles DTS and Dolby. Is there...
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    My Razer kraken pro 7.1 will not be detected by realtek hd audio manager

    Today i decided to make a counter strike go video using shadow play today until i found something odd. Playing back what i had recorded i noticed that the game sounds like it is echoing. Like recording the game from some speakers. After doing some research i noticed how my razer kraken pro is...
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    No Audio Output Device is Detected After Installing 8.1 Pro 64

    I have an older HP Pavilion DV6810us that originally came with Vista. After 8.1 Pro install I have no sound device or recording device detected & no sound. Under Device manager there is a ? on the Coprocessor which I believe is what controls the sound. There is no other audio or sound device...
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    Conexant smartaudio HD - driver problem after windows update, no sound

    Hi, sorry if I've started this thread in the wrong place - I've never needed to request help with a computer problem before. I have a Lenovo G510 running windows 8.1 64 bit, bought about 6 weeks ago. Installed windows updates earlier today, including an optional one for the conexant audio...
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    my laptop some time its web cam not detected and some time pplay back error no sound when i play any thing modle acer aspire

    laptop acer webcam sound solution
  59. Ibechief

    Help with 5.1 surround.

    So I recently built a new gaming pc for myself and just realized that my monitor does not have any speakers. I play mostly Blizzard titles but do frequently watch movies on my pc. I would like to find something with 5.1 surround. From what I can tell my motherboard has optical SPDIF which I...
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    Extremely low volume with Corsair Vengeance 1500

    Hi. I was having some severe issues with my mic not picking up sound so I went over to the Corsair site and installed the latest driver, 2.0.16. I did this and the software looked considerably different from when I first got it. Was it the 1.1 driver??? Anyway, the software isn't responsive and...