PC no sound

Fix audio or sound problems in Windows 7, 8, & 10

Symptom

There could be various reasons why the device has lost audio capabilities. Please follow the troubleshooting steps below to diagnose the issue:

1. Check the Sound Settings
2. Uninstall Sound Driver from Device Manager and Restart (Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver, if not, try step 3)
3. Update Sound Driver from Device Manager
4. Change default sound format
5. Restart Audio Services

Applicable Brands

• ideapad
• ideacentre
• ThinkPad
• ThinkCentre

Operating Systems

• Windows 7
• Windows 8 & 8.1
• Windows 10

Solution

Watch our video: Audio issue on my PC
For Windows 10, try the Windows audio troubleshooter
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/SupportPhoneList

Unfortunately, there's no way to retrieve any PC files. Once you reformat your external HD, everything would be erased.

Thank you!

cannot see maxtor onetouch III USB on computer

when i use m-audio firewire solo recording interface ,my computer was shut down and my sound were lost

You can go to the reative website and give them a description of your device and usually they will have the drivers for you to download, usually free,,,,Hope this works...Darren

Hello,

Sorry to inform you that the HD is starting to quit working. Clicking sound is the indicator that it's no longer responding. There could be some bad sectors in the HD.

You may want to check the Disk Management of your computer to see if you could still reformat the HD. Bear in mind that reformatting the HD would erase all the files saved in it.

1. Connect the HD to the computer.
2. On your computer screen, locate "My Computer" or ""Computer" icon and right-click on it.
3. Click on Manage and then select Disk Management.
4. Write down all the drive letters that would appear.
5. While the Disk Management is opened, unplug the HD and see which drive letter would disappear.

If there's no drive letter that disappears, meaning that the HD is no longer recognized by the computer.

Try bringing you HD into any computer store that offers data recovery.

Clicking sound on an external hard drive is an indication that it's quiting to work. You mentioned that it's just stopped working, you may need to check the Disk Management of your computer to see if you could still reformat it. To do this, please follow the steps below:

FOR WINDOWS XP AND VISTA:

1. Make sure that the HD is properly connected to the computer.
2. Right-click 'My Computer' or 'Computer' folder and then go to "Manage".
3. Locate and click Disk Management.
4. Then, take note of the drive letters that will appear on the screen.
5. While the Disk Management window is opened, unplug the HD and check which drive letter will disappear.
6. If a drive letter disappears, then that is your external 250GB HD. You may reformat it to make it work again.

NOTE: Reformatting the HD will erase all the files saved in it. You may want to bring your HD in any data recovery center to retrieve the important files. If the HD didn't show up under your Disk Management, then there's nothing that we could do but to bring your HD in to the Data Recovery to save the files.

FOR MACINTOSH OSX:

1. Connect your HD to the computer.
2. Click 'Go' (located near the Apple icon, Finder, File, Edit and View).
3. Select Utilities and then click the Disk Utility Icon.
4. Take note the drive letters and then unplug the HD.

If a drive letter disappears, that's your HD. If nothing disappears, then the computer no longer detecting the HD.

Good luck!

You're making me feel old with references to Pentium-IIs... Go here...

http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?st=pn&param=3500545

...for drivers for a Solo 9300.

i have compaq N600c i am finding itc vgs help me my email id is [email protected]

If you know the person responsible for this... Go beat him up!

Okay but seriously, I think you're right. A full reformat and reinstallation is the only hope for this laptop. YES it will stop him (make sure you do a full reformat not a quick). I don't think the Mecer disk will work. However if your windows XP cd key is printed on the bottom of your laptop (it is on most). You'll need to get your hands on a copy of that version of windows (Windows XP Professional SP2 is an example) and install using YOUR cd key (not the one provided with the disk you will be using).
(In this case the Mecer disk MIGHT work if it's the same version of windows)

If this fails you could contact wherever you bought the laptop from and see if they could provide you with a windows xp disk for  your machine.

Good luck! If all else fails, you could buy a new copy of windows, or switch to linux! *gasp*