The word link in the display window and there is no sound from the speakers

Check and replace the damaged component/s at its audio output section circuit board. If needy, replace this board as card basis. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Pull up older posts. Search the site by type in the "brand name" to your device; in the "Search box at the top right of the display window of the Homepage" to get gathered related posts.
http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

If you have good speakers but no sound from your computer then several checks need to be made. One is did you plug the speaker cable into the correct connector? If so then next depends on your sound card and operating system. You may need to change sound settings which in windows is easy to find as "sound" in the control panel area amongst other links. Try this;

How to configure sound Scheme in windows 8 or windows 7 Full Windows 8...

Check its speaker first. If found OK, check and replace damaged component/s at its audio output section circuit. If you're sound in electronics, and wish to get more details, check this link. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Selecting the view option, either to Mosaic / Flip card, can be selected by the drop-down list, by the top left of the display window, will make surf easy. You can also do a search, by type in the brand name / model number / IC used, in the search box at the top right of the display window.

Check the speakers. If found OK; check and replace damaged component/s at its audio output stage circuit. If you're sound in electronics, and wish to get more details, check this link. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Selecting the view option, either to Mosaic / Flip card, can be selected by the drop-down list, by the top left of the display window, will make surf easy. You can also do a search, by type in the brand name / model number / IC used, in the search box at the top right of the display window.

Check its speaker first. Connect an other known good speaker, after disconnecting the wires to the speaker inside, and connect it to external ones, and switch ON the set, and check whether there is good sound with external speaker/s. If OK, make sure that the internal speaker has damaged, and should be replaced. If there is distorted sound with external speakers too, check and replace damaged component/s at its audio output stage circuit. If you're sound in electronics, and if you wish to get more details, check this link. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Selecting the view option, either to Mosaic / Time slide, can be selected by the drop-down list, at the top left of the display window, will make surf easy. You can also do a search, by type in the brand name/model number/IC used, in the search box at the top right of the display window.

At first, you have to check its speaker. Check whether the sound is muted or not. If all of these is ok, ie, speaker OK, sound not muted; you have to check its audio output section circuit, and have to replace damaged component/s there. If you're sound in electronics, and If you wish to get more details, check this link. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Selecting the view option, either to Mosaic / Time slide, can be selected by the drop-down list, at the top left of the display window, will make surf easy. You can also do a search, by type in the brand name/model number/IC used, in the search box at the top right of the display window

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To Display The Volume IconBy default, the Volume icon is not displayed when you initially install Windows XP on your system.

To enable the display of the Volume icon, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Sounds and Audio Devices.
3. Click Show volume control on the taskbar.
4. Click OK.

When you have the new desktop features of Windows XP enabled, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Sounds, click Speech, and then click Audio Devices.
3. Click Sounds, and then click Audio Devices.
4. Click Show volume control on the taskbar.
5. Click OK.

If needed you may need to reinstall the sound drivers back into the system.You can download the drivers for your system by clicking the link below.


Latitude D400 Sound Drivers
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/latitude-d400

Thank You,
Dell-Jesse L
Dell Social Media and Communities

Here is the solution for you.Please follow the below steps and fix your problem.

1 . Click on the "Start" globe or button and then the "Control Panel" label. The Control Panel main screen will display on your monitor. Click on the "Hardware and Sound" link.

2 . Click the "Manage Audio Devices" link in the "Sound" section on the Control Panel screen. The "Sound" configuration window will then open.

3 . Click the "Speakers" label under the "Playback" tab. Click the "Configure" button to open the "Speaker Setup" configuration window and select the "Stereo" option. Click the "Next" button.

4 . Enable the "Front Left and Right" option box by clicking the check box. Once the check mark appears in the box, click both small speaker icons to test the sound from the speakers. You should hear sound from the two right speakers when you click the speaker icon labeled "R," and the two speakers on the left should produce sound when you click the icon labeled "L."

5 . Click the "Next" button and then the "Finish" button to complete the speaker setup.

6 . Adjust the volume by clicking on the speaker icon near the time and date area in the task bar. Use the slider control to adjust the volume to the desired level.

Thanks.

Please check your TV settings and the optical cable.
The speaker icons disapper from LCD display when the receiver does not detect any input signal throught the optical/coax/hdmi cable.

the link below will help you to download you required drivers in Software & Driver downloads section

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3689054