To listen to no Sound in Windows 7 - pre-Hardware check
Before you plunge into the Depths of your system, you should check the following points:
- Check that your external speakers are still powered and no plug-in has solved.
- If you have a Laptop you have to switch maybe accidentally the sound. Activate it via the key combination [Fn] + [F2]. Instead of [F2], you can also be other function keys, the right thing to do. Pay attention here on the speaker-sign on the respective button.
- Also check whether in the task bar in the bottom right of the speaker icon, the sound is switched on. If the sound is turned off, you can see a red circle icon.
- The sound is turned on, while, may perhaps be the Control to 0 is lowered. Click on the speaker icon in the taskbar and raise, where appropriate, the Slider to the top.
Windows 7: No Sound
Windows 7: driver for the sound card update
Your sound still does not work, has fried your sound card may be out-of-date driver, or the driver due to a software error. In this case, update your drivers:
- To do this, open the control panel, and click in the icon view to "device Manager".
- Here, click on "sound, Video and game controllers".
- With the right mouse button to click the device on the Audio and select "update driver software".
- Now select "search Automatically for updated driver software" and wait until the new driver is installed and you are informed that the driver software is up-to-date.
- This does not lead to success, then double-click on the device and remove the tab "driver" the Button "Uninstall" the driver. Then repeat the above steps once again.
Windows 7: driver update
In Windows 7, still no sound: Sound settings check
If you listen to even after the driver update no sound, then go again to control panel and click in the icon view to "Sound".
- Here you can see the different Audio output devices available for your computer.
- Your Audio output device should be selected as the default device.
- This is not the case, click with the right mouse button on your speakers and select "set As default device".
- Save the changes via "OK".
Sound-check settings
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