No audio device found on my system and its marked mute

right click my computer in the desktop click properties then hardware device manager expand sound audio & video controller you will see your sound driver if the driver is marked with yellow question mark reload the sound device driver and restart your system if there is no yellow question mark click start settings control panel double click sound and audio device in device volume move the slider to full and leave the mute unmarked and click OK

The very basic step that I can suggest is this. Launch the Inspiron's internal troubleshooter utility. This may resolve problems in connecting to peripheral devices such as your mouse, printer or scanner. Click the "Start" menu button in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Select "Help and Support". A dialog window will appear. Enter "hardware troubleshooter" in the search box and press the arrow icon on the right of the box. Double-click "Hardware Troubleshooter" in the next window. Then, follow the on-screen prompts. The utility will scan the laptop and attempt to resolve any identified hardware and software problems. Still no luck, this is the another self help option available for you. Just go for clicking on the URL Diagnose and repair sound playback problems automatically
Also verify Audio Settings are Turned Up and Not Muted

1. Double-click the speaker icon in the system tray.
2. Verify that the audio settings slider bar is at least midway for all audio selections.
3. Remove any check marks that appear in the mute boxes

You have not mentioned your sound card make, searching for the drivers would be easy. Also ensure that in the Device Manager there is no yellow question mark which means a uncompatiable version of the drivers

Hope that helps !!!!

Cheers !

Anurag

1. Check if the Audio Drivers are installed
2. Check if you have any device listed on the device manager with an X or ! mark
3. Double click on the Volume button on the system tray and check if mute or mute all option has check mark

1. Lets start with the obvious. Make sure the volume mixer control is not muted. This is usually a speaker icon at the bottom of the screen. If you do not see this then go to control panel, sounds and audio devices, and make sure nothing is muted.
2. check device manager. This can be done in Win XP by right clicking my computer, properties, hardware, then click device manager. Alternative way to enter device manager is by clicking start menu, control panel, system (performance and maintenance), hardware then device manager.

In the deice manager window see if any question marks or exclamation points are visible.

If so, see if it the mark is for an audio device.

If it is an audio device, uninstall the device.

Next, try to install the sound card driver again. If that fails, the enter the device manager and uninstall the sound card again, restart the PC, ignore the hardware manager, and try to install the sound card driver software again.

Then go to control panel,system ,hardware ,device manager option
There if u find any question mark or exclamation mark in yellow Color that means sound drivers are not installed properly
please reinstall sound drivers properly

or else

If no question mark or exclamation mark then check the cable connections of the speaker to the machine

or else

In control panel , select sound audio devices open it there u have
volume,sounds,audio,voice,hardware options

1)See whether it is mute
2)In audio option select default audio device and recording device
should be same

this should solve u r problem .if it is not solved please let me know u r problem briefly

or else put the model number and brand name followed by drivers search in ww.google.com

Then go to control panel,system ,hardware ,device manager option
There if u find any question mark or exclamation mark in yellow Color that means sound drivers are not installed properly
please reinstall sound drivers properly

or else

In control panel , select sound audio devices open it there u have
volume,sounds,audio,voice,hardware options

1)See whether it is mute
2)In audio option select default audio device and recording device
should be same

this should solve u r problem .if it is not solved please let me know u r problem briefly

or else put the model number and brand name followed by drivers search in ww.google.com

Then go to control panel,system ,hardware ,device manager option
There if u find any question mark or exclamation mark in yellow Color that means sound drivers are not installed properly
please reinstall sound drivers properly

or else

If no question mark or exclamation mark then check the cable connections of the speaker to the machine

or else

In control panel , select sound audio devices open it there u have
volume,sounds,audio,voice,hardware options

1)See whether it is mute
2)In audio option select default audio device and recording device
should be same

this should solve u r problem .if it is not solved please let me know u r problem briefly

or else put the model number and brand name followed by drivers search in ww.google.com

Then go to control panel,system ,hardware ,device manager option
There if u find any question mark or exclamation mark in yellow Color that means sound drivers are not installed properly
please reinstall sound drivers properly

or else

If no question mark or exclamation mark then check the cable connections of the speaker to the machine

or else

In control panel , select sound audio devices open it there u have
volume,sounds,audio,voice,hardware options

1)See whether it is mute
2)In audio option select default audio device and recording device
should be same

this should solve u r problem .if it is not solved please let me know u r problem briefly

or else put the model number and brand name followed by drivers search in ww.google.com

Then go to control panel,system ,hardware ,device manager option
There if u find any question mark or exclamation mark in yellow Color that means sound drivers are not installed properly
please reinstall sound drivers properly

or else

If no question mark or exclamation mark then check the cable connections of the speaker to the machine

or else

In control panel , select sound audio devices open it there u have
volume,sounds,audio,voice,hardware options

1)See whether it is mute
2)In audio option select default audio device and recording device
should be same

this should solve u r problem .if it is not solved please let me know u r problem briefly

check for devices in "other devices" in Device manager