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Anonymous Posted on Aug 24, 2013

No sound device and yellow question mark by multimedia audio controller

The computer says No Sound Device and when I checked Hardware there is a yellow question mark and exclamation mark by the multimedia audio controller. Please tell me how I can get the audio back.

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Kristilyn,
You will need to download and reinstall the sound drivers into the system or use the Dell Drivers disk that was shipped with your computer to install. You can download the driver from the link below.
Dell Optiplex GX520 Audio Driver
http://dell.to/17lTTIk

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Dell-Jesse L
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 15, 2008

SOURCE: reloading software, Hard drive replacment

i hope u re install your operating system,
after the re installation u did not install the drivers that is the reson, best way u buy an ethernet card and try to get net connection and down load the drivers from dell.com ,then remove the card ,thats it.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 02, 2008

SOURCE: sound

Download the Dell driver package from:
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R62850&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=81156

And try a clean install of the drivers.

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James Bradburn

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  • Posted on Mar 17, 2009

SOURCE: cant find ethernet driver

Try the program Driver Max. You can download it for free and update needed drivers.

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  • 4281 Answers
  • Posted on Oct 26, 2009

SOURCE: No Audio Device for my DELL opti GX60. and no

For that first uninstall driver for ethernet controoler and audio driver from add remove program.
Also uninstall both from device manager.
Right click on my computer then click on property then hardware ->device manager then uninstall both from that list.
Then download driver from below link.
Click here

Click on above link and select yourt operating system and download audio and ethernet driver then install.
Let me know if you need further assistance.
Thanks.

Anonymous

  • 14 Answers
  • Posted on Feb 24, 2010

SOURCE: i need an audio device for my dell desktop optiplex gx520 install

you can go to dells website and click support drivers and downloads type in the service tag of the machine (its 7 letters and nubers found on CPU Ex: BF14FJ1) and based on the service tag the correct audio drivers should be displayed for you to download.

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