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No audio output devise is installed

cnoelj
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I do not have any sound for my computer ( Windows Vista ) and I am getting a message on my toolbar saying No audio output devise is installed:(
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks :D
I am not at all a techie so please keep it simple :o
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  • santer_2
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    Have you made any changes recently?

    Click start, control panel, sound, then click the sounds tab, left click anything in the list, the play arrow should light, click that, do you get any sound?

    On the playback tab, does it say anything is or isn't working properly?
  • DD3006
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    First you need to identify what sound card you have.

    download and run SIW from here http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html (get the free standalone / no installer one)

    select sound devices from the left hand side and copy the displayed info to here, should be able to help you from there.

    secondly... is it a pc or laptop?
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  • cnoelj
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    santer wrote: »
    Have you made any changes recently?

    Click start, control panel, sound, then click the sounds tab, left click anything in the list, the play arrow should light, click that, do you get any sound?

    On the playback tab, does it say anything is or isn't working properly?

    It just says No Audio Output is Insstalled
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  • cnoelj
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    Thank you!


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    CHRIS-PC (Dell Inc. Inspiron 530)
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Name Realtek High Definition Audio
    Manufacturer Realtek
    Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1028020D&REV_1000\4&18CA5B6A&0&0201
    PnP Device Id HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1028020D&REV_1000\4&18CA5B6A&0&0201

    It is a PC
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  • santer_2
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    Download the audio driver from Dell, there are four, yours are in the bottom two

    http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&Service!!!!!&SystemID=INSP_DSKTP_D530&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

    It is unlikely to install if you try to load the wrong one
  • cnoelj
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    santer wrote: »
    Download the audio driver from Dell, there are four, yours are in the bottom two

    http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&Service!!!!!&SystemID=INSP_DSKTP_D530&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

    It is unlikely to install if you try to load the wrong one




    so are you saying that I should try both the bottom two and see which one works? Sorry for being thick
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  • DD3006
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    Best thing you can do is enter the dell service tag on their website, it may well narrow it down for you... however.

    If i had to hazzard a guess id go for the one dated 2008 as the others seem to be specific but try the 2008 one first... if you still dont have any joy give the second one a whirl.. really cant hurt to try them both :)
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  • If you go to the Dell Site, home user, technical support, it has a download drivers section, it will also find your service tag for you. It is fairly easy to just follow what they say when you get to the right section.
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  • cnoelj
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    I have installed it. I have a message saying Realtek installed successfully. But yet in playback I have the message Realtek high definition audio not plugged in
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  • cnoelj
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    I now have sound!
    Thank you all!
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