I have an old acer 3610 which will not allow any sound. System uses realtek. When check on device manager it says no audio device selected yet allows no options to change this. Any ideas welcomed? Have uploaded current driver settings for acer 3610 but no difference....

Check that the speaker cable is plugged into the GREEN ringed "Speaker" jack (for a normal stereo sound set up). Check that the speaker isn't muted in system tray. Right click the speaker in the system tray. Click Volume Control Options and make sure you have the analog Realtek Audio selected - not any HDMI or Digital output. Open "Control Panel" in Windows. Open "Device Manager" found in the "Hardware and Sound" heading. Locate "Sound, Video.." Make sure there is no small icon over it to indicate that there is a problem. If there is, click the triangle to the left and open "Realtek.." Right click it and select properties. Click the Driver tab and then "Uninstall" If an option to remove files is presented - select it, too. Click OK to uninstall. Reboot if prompted. Allow Windows to find the "new" Realtek hardware and download drivers from Live Update. Sound should be restored. Make sure that you have selected Analog

Click start control panel on the left select Hardware and Sound then select manage audio devices then recording you should see a Microphone right click select enable Windows 7
Click start control panel on the left select hardware and sound then select manage audio devices then recording you should see a Microphone right click select configure speech recognition then
You will see earphones with a speaker among a list set up a microphone headset with Microphone then next and next again you should see your earphones with microphone being configured
Click start control panel sounds and audio devices select advanced there might be a tick in the mute box untick it or select audio from the microphone drop down list
Make sure you have the right one selected and in the volume box make sure the microphone box has a tick in it or
select the voice tab
Make sure that you have the right media selected also
select volume make sure the box for microphone has a tick in it

Acer laptops run on the Windows operating system.
They also have built-in speakers that have a menu to change the settings.
All laptop speakers have a driver that tells the speaker how to function.
If the driver gets damaged or deleted, the speakers are rendered unusable.
Acer speaker problems usually have a driver issue that can be solved by the user.

Go to "Start," "Control Panel," "System and Security (or System and Maintenance)," "System," then "Device Manager."
Type in the Administrator password, if you are prompted to do so.
Click on "Sound, Video and Game Controllers."
Right-click the name of your Acer speakers and select "Update Driver Software."
Click on "Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software" and allow the computer to download any updates.
Reboot your Acer laptop.
Raise Speaker Sound Levels
Click on the "speaker" icon located in the lower right corner of your desktop.
Raise the volume bar all the way up to increase the sound.
Select "Mixer" to raise the other volume bars all the way up.
Windows 7 right click on the speaker icon in the taskbar select either playback or recording devices you should see your microphone listed under the recording tab right click on it select
properties at the bottom select use this device enable

Hi

i would go to www.realtek.com go up to downloads
choose which audio driver you would like
download it
install it
then restart laptop
hopefully this will sort the problem for you

Hi,

You can reinstall the sound drivers from the Acer recovery management, to do so:
Start Menu> All Programs> Acer erecovery management> Restore> Restore Application & Drivers> Contents> Select Realtek and install it

OR

Got to http://gd.panam.acer.com/home/
Select the computer model
Select Operating System installed on your computer
Click Drivers
Select Audio (Realtek) and download it.
Once downloaded, install it on your computer.

Thanks and regards,
Jitha

Click on Start, the right click on My Computer/Properties/Hardware. Device Manager is one of the tabs.
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Cheers
Bob

Hi,

You can reinstall the sound drivers from the Acer recovery management, to do so:
Start Menu> All Programs> Acer erecovery management> Restore> Restore Application & Drivers> Contents> Select Realtek and install it

OR

Got to http://gd.panam.acer.com/home/
Select the computer model
Select Operating System
Click Drivers
Select Audio (Realtek) and download it.
Once downloaded install it on your computer.

Thanks and regards,
Jitha

Hi,

You can reinstall the sound drivers from the Acer recovery management, to do so:
Start Menu> All Programs> Acer erecovery management> Restore> Restore Application & Drivers> Contents> Select Realtek and install it

OR

Got to http://gd.panam.acer.com/home/
Select the computer model
Select Operating System
Click Drivers
Select Audio (Realtek) and download it.
Once downloaded install it on your computer.

Thanks and regards,
Jitha

Hi,
You can reinstall the sound drivers from the Acer recovery management, to do so:
Start Menu> All Programs> Acer erecovery management> Restore> Restore Application & Drivers> Contents> Select Realtek and install it

OR

Got to http://gd.panam.acer.com/home/
Select the computer model
Select Operating System
Click Drivers
Select Audio (Realtek) and download it.
Once downloaded install it on your computer.

Thanks and regards,
Jitha

Hello,

Please use one of the following links considering your operating system:

Acer Aspire 4736z XP Driver Download

Acer Aspire 4736z Vista Driver Download

Acer Aspire 4736z Windows & Driver Download

i just found out the solution to this problem ..
Solution: go to start menu>Right-click my computer and select properties> go to the hardware tab and click on device manager> Device Manager should pop-up choose Universal Serial Bus Controllers u should see 2 or more USB Root Hub right-click it and select properties and click the power management tab uncheck "allow the computer to turn of this device to save power" it should work now

Cheers
Jasonjohn89