i have a new ibm thinkpad and i cant get it to play cd's and there is no sound. do i have to buy a soundcard
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When you say PLAY CD's do you mean they do not rotate. or that you just cannot hear them?\nThe Thinkpad has built in sound, go to control panel and go to the Sounds and Audio Devices, ensure that the CD is not muted, the Volume control is only operative as a Master, and some of the device volume controls may be muted or turned down very low\n\nYou may want to try and right click on a CD in My Computer and EXPLORE, then see if it shows some .CDA tracks, if so double click, if a box comes up asking what to use, then choose Windows Media Player and make sure the check box ofr Allways Use is checked too.\n\nThen right click on the CD drive and go to Properties, go to the AUTOPLAY tab and ensure that that is set up ok
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hey man there should be some problem in installing windows or sound card driver insert windows cd and try to go to problem.or ither go XEAR 3D audio which is driver for it.
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Try going to the site where the sound card is from and downloading all applicable drivers for the speakers.  You will probably have to unplug the speakers, download the drivers, then restart the computer and plug the speakers back in.  Maybe your sound card took a crap on you and you need a new one.  Or... a virus is eating through your computer and it started there.  You should probably just take it to a computer tech and let them work out the kinks.  Or go to walmart and buy a new computer for $500.00
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if you have your mother board cd dump the sound drivers first and later go to the windows restore and select the desired files from the restoe.
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If the new MB doesn't have a built on soundcard, you need to buy one, most have at least a simple card built on the connections would look like a headphone jack where you put in the speaker connections. Otherwise you need to purchase a soundcard, Soundblaster brand is great.\n\nBut I would tend to think that the MB has sound inputs, if you are getting the message "No sound Device Found" it is either selected wrong in your "sound options in control panel" or there isn't one.
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try updating the sound card drivers, they should be available from the manufacturers website
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I checked the HP Support Website, but couldn't find any information about the sound card for your laptop. As far as I understand it (I'm more of a software person than a hardware one) the sound is probably onboard, like some graphics cards.\nIt seems like you really want to know how to get sound out of the laptop. First, check to make sure that the sound isn't muted. In the system tray (down by the clock) there should be a little speaker icon. Double click that icon and make sure that master volume and wave sound categories are not muted (there's a check box below the slider). Then make sure that the sliders are about halfway up.\nIf you still don't get sound go to http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?dlc=en&lc=en&product=83862&dest_page=product&cc=us&os=228 and download the driver updates for your laptop.\nGood luck trying to get it to work.
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find the software for your sound card and reinstall the drivers/software... if you don't have a disc, then go to the manufacturer's website and download them from there...
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Go to the manufacturer of the sound cards website and download the drivers for your soundcard.
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Xp support all sound cards but you have to have it's driver for xp\nand at this sit thay give a free drivers for old things www.opendrivers.com
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First check your speakers by plugging a known portable player to the input of the speakers and see if you have sound.  But be sure that you have the power supply turned on and connected to the speakers.  If you have sound then you can work to the sound card.  By that I mean be sure that your comnection from the speakers is in the proper input on the back of the computer and the connections are tight. (Which is labeled speakers). Or a symble of a speaker indicating the audio output.  If that don't help you may have to go into your bios setup and check that the audio codek is checked properly.  To go into the bios you may have to at boot up wait till you hear the first beep and hit the delete key and wait till the cmoss screen comes up then you can look through the settings and then determine what to do.  But be carefull ,  You may wan't to mark down anything that you change what it was before you changed it and to what you changed it to so that you can return it to its orginal spot if it dosen't work.  Hint most audio drivers are of the AC97 codek, Hope this helps.
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if you have the cd's that came with your pc with the device drivers on it, it is just as easy and time saving to remove the soundcard from your list of devices , reboot, let the computer recognize a "new device" and viola, load the driver from the cd after it asks for it.  if you need any further help you can email me  at  cybertoothtyger1999@yahoo.com  good luck
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use windows restore, or rollback the drivers. if it dose not acknolwledge the sound card still open the case and wiggle the sound card if it is not on the motherbord if wiggleing dose not work your sound card is bad you will need a new one, if so go here for a cheap one.\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/
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First make sure that the sound card is properly fix, connect the speakers to the green colored sound output, then insert the CD ROM  that comes with the sound card. This should run automatically if not, open my computer, double click the CD drive where you put the CD to open. Look for setup folder or icon, double click it to open or to run the setup. After the installation, restart your computer. Before logging in make sure the speakers are on, then when you logged in, there should be a sound. If you hear the sound that means you have succesfully installed the driver. You can also check the device manager. Right click My Computer, click Manage, then click Device manager. If you don't see any yellow question mark on any device that means all devices are working properly. You can also access the audio adjustment properties by double clicking the speaker on the system tray (right lower corner of your desktop)
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you need to downlad and install the drivers for the sound card. Right click on the My Computer icon on the start menu or desktop, whereever it is, go to properties, and click. go to hardware, system devices. You sound card or it might say audio device will have a little yellow mark next to it. double click it and go to drivers, and update drivers. make sure you are online, and it should find the drivers for it
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you may need a sound card. but i'm no computer expert. I just know when I had no sound that was my problem.