Vista - "No Audio Output Device is installed"

I bought a set of speakers for my laptop and in the process of trying to get them to work I seem to have somehow disabled my internal speaker. Now my computer keeps telling me that I have no audio output device installed. I'm not sure how to get things working again - either the newly purchased external speakers or the internal one which has worked just fine up until now.

Hi helpheather...... welcome to the forum


right click the ''computer'' icon in your start bar & select ''properties'' this will bring up your system info, in the top left hand corner you'll see the ''device manager'' go there.

once this opens any H/W which has been disabled or lacks a driver will have a ''caution'' triangle next to it......

go to ....''sound, video & game controllers'' this is where you'll have the ability to enable this H/W or update the driver..

hopefully its just disabled itself & its simply a case of switching it back on...


hope this helps.....



SK

and by H/W he means hardware

Hi, i have the same problem as heather. when i go onto the device manager there is no sound and games thing or audio driver to try to fix. it just keeps on saying when i hover the mouse over the sound icon it says 'no audio output device is installed'. i have a windows vista, (obviously) and can anyone plz help me?

Try downloading and installing the sound drivers for your card. Alternatively see if they are available through Windows Update.

Make sure you have something plugged in, too. I have "No Audio Output Device is installed" if I have no speakers, headphones, or microphones plugged in.

~Ibrahim~