Hello,
the other day I was messing around on my laptop ( a dell inspiron 6400, on vista ) trying to install a new headset I had brought, after the installation had finished I went onto sound ( through control panel ) to set the microphone sound levels higher,
when I went onto sound it came up with to devives , one being the headset the other being the speakers, now I dont know how but I think I may have deleted the speakers off my laptop whilst tryin to access the headset.
i now have a small red circle with a white 'x' in it, which to me does not make sence because on other forum it says that this is due to sound driver not working , but mine is working fully on the device manager ??
hi
i think I had the same problem. my speaker icon showed the little white cross in the red circle because I had accidently disabled my speakers. if u go into the playback settings and right click on the empty list u can check "show disabled devices" and the re-enable it straight from the list
BrianGreen
Posts1005Registration dateSaturday January 17, 2015StatusContributorLast seenSeptember 30, 2021149 Jan 17, 2015 at 07:46 PM
Hi Banner,
I think Jesse is right here - I think you are looking in the wrong place.
In Contol Panel double click on the "Sound" icon. This should bring you to the window that Jesse talks about when he right clicks on an empty bit of the window.
i have the same problem there a white x in a red circle and I click on it and it say volume 0 and I right click it and open volume mixer and it says no audio device installed , im going crazy! what do I do ?please help!
Again...thanks Jesse...worked like a charm. Why are PC's (and Macs) so stupid sometimes...like why did a programmer think just because a user disables a device once...that for some reason they'll (by default) never want to see it again???! Assinine programming choice.
cbr.cobra
Posts15Registration dateThursday April 24, 2008StatusMemberLast seenMay 14, 20099 Jan 20, 2009 at 08:01 AM
hi,
this s due to the enw driver that you have installed.
try to search for the previous driver in the BIOS setup.
in case you don't find it,try this link to download the audio driver of your system:
http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=dell+inspiron+6400+audio+driver&filetype=0
let me know if it works or not.
BrianGreen
Posts1005Registration dateSaturday January 17, 2015StatusContributorLast seenSeptember 30, 2021149 Jan 17, 2015 at 07:35 PM
BIOS does not store drivers. They are stored in the Operating System. Bios helps the PC to boot to a stage where the Operating System can take over and install any other files, drivers and services that it needs.
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