No Sound - Help!

[xichael]

All of a sudden, I have no sound. It was working last night, and this morning, it's not. I can't imagine why...

I just reinstalled the Sigamatel driver, and it is selected as the default audio device.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

[Dance.]

Onboard sound or a soundcard?

[+allan MVC]

Let's start with the obvious:

1) Make sure sound is not muted

2) Open Device Manager - any yellow exclamation marks?

3) Make sure the speakers are still properly connected

[xichael]

All is well on those fronts... Sound is unmuted, devmgmt is exclamation mark free, yet the laptop speakers and headphone jack are both nonfunctional. We're talking about the onboard sound on my Dell 1300 laptop, BTW.

[Dance.]

That's weird. Have you installed the drivers from the CD you got bundled?

[+allan MVC]

Could be the sound card.

[speedstr3789]

Go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall any sound drivers/programs you have installed

Reboot the computer

If the New Hardware Wizard appears select cancel

Download and install this driver:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=235761