I have an IBM think pad laptop..my sound just stopped working, any suggestions?
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go to device manager and uninstall ur sound device driver .. reboot and let windows redetect ...
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always check the simple things like power adapter not plugged in, power switch off, speakers plugged into wrong hole in audio card/motherboard etc etc. and then check to see if maybe your network card is causing an IRQ or address conflict with the sound card.\nLook in the system section of control panel and see if your sound device is offline.\nIf it is, you may need to manually configure your network device.
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You should be able to look up sound driver in a search engine and download a new driver if that dosent work then you might have to go and get a new sound card
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try re-installing your sound card drivers, this normally works
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go to device manager and reinstall the sound driver, it is probably corrupt, just click on reinstall driver
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Ummm... you haven't really given enough information for me, or anyone for that matter, to answer that question. Try these 3 things, then, if they don't work I reccomend you re-post this question with some system specs\n\n1. Try the windows troubleshooter/knowledgebase it's got a pretty extensive list of windows problems\n2. Try your soundcard/computer(if its integrated) manufacturers website, they might have rports of this problem.\n3. Try Google or Yahoo searching for the details of your problem, odds are someone else has had it if your Laptop is stock. \n\nTo answer this question we would need details like, what kind of notebook, XP Pro or Home, SP 1 or 2, what kind of soundcard etc...
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what kind of computer? I had the same problem with my HP laptop and i had to go to www.hp.com and get the right driver for my sound card, it is easy. let me know if you need more help. my yahoo ID is doc_tyrone. Good luck!\n\n\n-Doc-
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Reinstall the driver.  If this doesn't work, open the computer and remove the soundcard from it's port.  This is assuming that it goes tinto an expansion port such as PCI or PCI express.  If it's integrated (built into the motherboard), then you'll need to figure out the model and make of your card (try running DxDiag)and download the drivers.  \n\nThen right-click my computer, and select properties.  Go to the tab called devices and select device manager.  From here, remove the sound card and its drivers and then reboot the system.  Once the system has turned back on reinstall the drivers which you should have downloaded.\n\nHope this helps
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What sound quits though? \n\nYou might want to check the wires to see if youre connected correctly. Your speakers might need to be replaced. Or if its your PC sound thats breaking then you might need to update your sound driver.\n\nGo to control panel then click on systems. Find out what sound card you have. Then go to http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/ and download the update for your sound card and update your driver. Otherwise, you might need to just do a system restore if your sound.dll file is getting corrupted.\n\nThere are viruses that attack the sound.dll file and anti-virus thinks sound.dll is a virus and it quarantines it or screws it up by mistake.
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check cables, check overall volume on pc, and for creative labs for example there is a sound mixer with volume labels for different types of inputs\n\nStill not working?  Check for switch on speakers, are they plugged in\n\nStill not working? Bring up control panel -> sounds -> check mute button, check volume, click on a sound  like asterisk, hit play still no sound?\n\nFind a geek...
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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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-> Check the Sound Card Drivers\n-> Check Volume Control\n-> Try using other speaker/head phone if it prob with comp or speaker
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You can go to your control panel and click on your "Sound and audio devices" icon doing so will get you the "Sound and audio devices Properties" in this window go to the Audio tab in the top and see if any thing is listed under the default device if there is nothing listed try clicking the drop down menu but if you see the menu has been disabled that mean your sound card driver have been corrupted. If your sound card is an internal sound card inbuilt on your mother board then try using your mother board CD and install the audio driver... I think this will work. \n\nBest Of luck
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it's pretty difficult to help on such a vague question. give a short history\n- when did you hear the speakers for the last time?\n- what did you do in the mean time? (did you install any obscure programs)\n- always helpful is to mention what operating system you use (Windows, Linux etc.)\n\nedit:\nthanks for the response. It seems like an issue with the amplifier. What's up with headphones or external speakers, did you already try that? In case this doesn't work, you have to go to the vendor with your laptop.
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Check the speaker volume in Control Panel, Sounds.\n\nOr reinstall the sound software.
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get the chipset. go to driverhq. it will automaticlly detect your chipset. go to devices manager, clik the sound driver, and then rool back the driver. restart your pc.
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Have you rebooted your computer? I used to have this problem intermittently, and often a reboot would fix the problem. It seemed to be some kind of weird Windows problem where it would lose track of the sound card. If the reboot doesn't work, the second step is to remove the sound card from the device manager and reinstall it. If that doesn't fix it, you may be looking for some new hardware. Best of luck!