Fix the Windows 7 sound problems

No sound problems would come into your computer in a variety of ways, which includes that no sound when playing some music, movies, audio files like MIDI, WAV or in games; users cannot hear sound from mouse start navigation clicks, Windows startup sound, messenger’s user online or incoming message notification alert and etc. Second, check whether the sound box or earphone is in good working.

Third, check whether the audio cable is damaged.

If there is no sound when playing a CD, try another CD; if no sound when playing an MP3 or other sound files, try a different file to locate the problem. Tenth, make sure the compatibility between your audio device, audio drivers and the system.

Eleventh, if you use an on-board audio card, check whether the device has been turned on in the BIOS, if not, turn it on.

Twelfth, if your sound device is a plug-and-play, check whether the plug-and-play BIOS need to be updated or configured.

No audio device installed/found? How can we resolve the problem and restore sound on computer?

Because there are several issues that can cause the “No audio device installed” problem. If you are using an independent sound card, you can skip to Step 2. Find audio card (AC97 Audio) and set it to be Auto or Enable. If there is still no sound on your computer and the problem still exists, go to Step 2.

2. Examine Device Manager

1) Right click My Computer and choose Properties. Click on Hardware Tab and then Device Manager.

2) Examine “Sound, video and game controllers” item. If it is a Question mark or exclamatory mark, you must have not installed sound card driver properly or the sound card driver must be damaged. Because in most cases the Device Manager cannot detect errors of the devices. 3) Reinstall/Update Your Audio Card Driver

Up to 80% of the “no audio device installed/found” errors are caused by outdated or damaged audio card driver. If your audio card driver is outdated or corrupted damaged, Windows system will not be able to detect the sound card and there will be no sound on your computer. If have followed the steps above but have no joys, you can click here to use driver update software to update your sound card driver and fix sound problem.