Lost sound after new hard drive

Sound_Asleep

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hello,
this is on behalf of my friend
he had his hard drive replaced by his dad
who is a manager of this wirless networking company place
when he got his laptop back he had no icon in the system tray for sound
when he tries to listen to music he gets no sound
his laptop also says there's no audio device installed

what can he do to fix this?
thankyou in advance
x
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 7730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz, 2
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    UMA
    Sound Card
    Dolby(R) Surround Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HD Flat.
    Screen Resolution
    Resolution 1440 x 900 x 59 hertz
    Hard Drives
    160 GB
    Split in two, Data drive, Personal Drive, 69.5 GB each.
    PSU
    Lithium Ion 6 cell Battery life 2.5 hours
    Case
    Gloss black, Plastic.
    Cooling
    Fan on the back and underneath.
    Keyboard
    Built In
    Mouse
    Touch Pad
Hi,

It would appear that your friend's father has forgotten to install the audio driver. If you reply with the make and model of the laptop, and the version of Vista, I should be able to locate the driver for you.
Dwarf
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
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