Previous Topic Next Topic

Sound suddenly stopped working on computer

Solved/Closed
Kelly1028 - Updated on Jun 8, 2017 at 05:14 AM
 Alexersen - Feb 23, 2019 at 11:24 AM
Hello.... I got home from work today and my sound was working I fell asleep for an hour and a half and when I woke up it was no longer working. I have no idea what happened... can someone please help me... I am using windows xp as an operating system. I don't know what else you might need to know but if you need something just ask... I have very little knowledge about computers and would appreciate very detailed and explicit directions... thank you so much for any help you can give me...
Related:

3 responses

Answer 1 / 3
Blocked Profile
Apr 7, 2010 at 02:29 AM
Hi there,

Please refer to link below from Faq and follow instruction given,if not solved please fell free to revert back or send me a pm stating the things you tried with more information:

https://ccm.net/faq/308-no-sound-or-audio-on-windows

Thanks
Kelly1028
Apr 7, 2010 at 03:14 PM
Thanks for responding to me... so I tried going into the device manager but I really wasn't sure what I was suppose to do when I got there. The instructions said to check for conflicts and when I opened the device manager it did not tell me there were any conflicts at all. I did see Sound, video and game controllers but it didn't say anything about a conflict or anything like that. It then asked me to ensure that my drivers are properly installed and that the programs that I have recently installed are not conflicting with the drivers configurations. I have know idea how to check these things, sorry. Also the last things said to check my sound card which I also do not know how to do. The only thing I can give you for more information of what was going on when it happened is that it was working and then I left the computer for a while and no one used it or touched it and when I came back to it the sound had stopped working. I do have anti-virus on my computer Avast! and it says I do not have any viruses. I did have a bad virus fairly recently where they had to wipe out the entire computer, but the anti-virus has said I have not had any viruses since then. Do you think these things could be related? Thank you again so much for your help!
ashleydell
Feb 26, 2015 at 04:40 AM
You go into control panel, find the sound settings & open. When you see the speaker input option or options....meaning to say it says like computer speaker or realtek speaker etc. You can right click on them & click test to see which one makes sounds. Ive had this happen 10 times in my life on different computers this fixes it every time. The computer somehow changes the speaker setting to be to a speaker that doesnt work or isnt connected. So once you see which speaker makes noise when you test right click & choose to make it the default speaker

Similar discussions

Sound coming from both speakers and headphone
Sam -
lovememayonisse -

Hi to all, I am getting a problem in which when I plugin headphones in my laptop, sound come from both laptop speakers and headphones.. give me some solution of this..System Configuration: Windows XP
Firefox 3.0.5

10 responses
No sound on Acer Aspire laptop fix
Chevy -
Watcher -

Hello, I recently experienced no sound on my laptop and I couldn't understand why. I tried all the quick fixes I found online and nothing. I was even about to download a new driver altogether but luckily I found the problem before that... Turns out my playback options had switched which was really stupid so this is what I did. On the bottom right hand side of my tool bar I located my volume control and right clicked. When the menu popped up I clicked on the sound option and once that menu appeared I went all the way to the top where there are (3) tabs and clicked on the first one which is playback. Once there I had two options one which was digital device and speakers. Mine was on the digita...

24 responses
No sound on TV through laptop
Naz -
Ta -

Hi, I am wondering whether anyone can help. I have plugged a vga cable from my hp latop into my television which is fine and transmits the picture. However, when I have tried to put an RCA cable from my laptop in to my television (via a phono convertor) the sound still comes out of my laptop and not the tv speakers. Can any one help. Thanks in Advnace.
NazSystem Configuration: Windows Vista
Internet Explorer 7.0

47 responses
Computer keeps logging off automatically ...
rueK -
Gate4043 -

Hello,
I have windows XP professional on my laptop...I made a blunder of installing two different Anti-virus software on my laptop!!!. (i didn't remove the old version first),
so after the "installation-restart" from the recent Anti-virus , I can log in, BUT, the computer autimatically logs me off, it doesn't shut down, it just goes back to the log-on screen ... I've tried staritng in SAFE MODE , but that didn't help either ! please help

17 responses
Lost the sound on Dell Inspiron 1420
luisquesada126 -
Nadia -

Hello,
Two days ago, I installed Dragon Naturally Speaking 10. I used a pair of headphones with microphone that I had, so that I could test the software out. I plugged in the headphones on the jack in front of my laptop. All of a sudden yesterday I turned on my laptop and there is no sound from the speakers. I have tried everything I could, even deleted the sound drivers and installed them again, but I still get nothing. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate. I have read on other websites that Windows 7 is a little funny when it comes to the sound. I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop. Funny thing is that the sound was working perfectly fine. I am assuming that it was because of the Dragon Na...

6 responses
No audio when streaming movies online
beth -
bluenose -

Hello,

Problem with audio. No sound when streaming movies online. No problem playing DVD through optic drive or iTunes music and YouTube video. Checked sound devise-Realtek HD and it shows that drive is working and speaker set in default settings.

I have Window 7, Toshiba Satellite T215 laptop.

Thank you.

3 responses