Speaker icon in taskbar has a 'x' mark on it

indijones

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My computer is Acer Aspire AM5621-E5612A that came with Realtek Highdef Audio. Since last week there's been an 'x' mark on the speaker icon in the taskbar and can't do anything with that. When I right-click on the speaker icon and click on "Open Volume Mixer", it says "no audio device is installed". Clicking on Playback Devices, Recording Devices or Sounds, don't show up anything. When I place the cursor on the speaker icon, the bubble says: Volume: 0 Speakers: Realtek Highdef Audio. In Control Panel->Hardware and Sound->Sound, there's no sound icon and nothing happens when I click on any of the three options: Adjust, Change, Manage. In Device Manager->Sound, Video and game Controllers, I have three devices: AMD Highdef Audio Device, Cyberlink Webcam Virtual Driver, Realtek Highdef Audio. When I click on any of them, it says that the devices are working properly but all of them have "?" marks on them. All the things happened when last week I lost the sound completely for no reason. The sound came back when I updated Realtek audio driver with the latest Realtek HD Audio Manager. When I right-click Realtek Audio Manager icon in taskbar and click on Volume Control, I get the same message: No Audio Device is installed. What could be the reason for that and how can I get all the sound devices back as before? Thanks!
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Your best bet is to try going back with a system restore.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Go to device manager, update all the audio drivers and boot the computer.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hi,

Try installing the manufacturers drivers for your computer Acer Desktop Aspire M5621 32 bit system: -

From Audio Driver

Addressed here: -

Acer | Download
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
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