I lost my Laptop sound

[Guest]

All of a sudden my laptop is mute.(no system sounds either).All the settings
and hardware are working properly.No conflicts.Nothing is wrong.But my PC is
still mute.I reinstalled windows and it is still mute.My laptop is compaq
presario 1200 12xl505 with windows xp professional on it and a VIA AC'97
audio controller(WDM)..Please help.
Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Try installing this Windows 2000 audio driver:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...roduct=95104&lang=en&cc=us&softwareitem=33423

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| All of a sudden my laptop is mute.(no system sounds either).All the settings
| and hardware are working properly.No conflicts.Nothing is wrong.But my PC is
| still mute.I reinstalled windows and it is still mute.My laptop is compaq
| presario 1200 12xl505 with windows xp professional on it and a VIA AC'97
| audio controller(WDM)..Please help.
| Thanks

 

[Bob I]

FN + "speaker key" need to be pressed to turn sound back on?

 

[Guest]

Hey
That's the first thing i tried and it is not working.Thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

It does not respond to Fn + Volume(+)0r(-)

FN + "speaker key" need to be pressed to turn sound back on?

 

[David Vair]

Try a set of headphones into the headphone plug to try and determine if it is problem with the
speakers or sound card. If you get the sound through headphones then the soundcard is fine and
speakers have gone south, if no sound then something has gone wrong with your soundcard. This will
help narrow down where to look for fixes.

 

[Guest]

I already tried it using my diskman's sony earphones and i don't get sound on
the earphones either!!Weired!But my pc doesn't detect anything wrong with the
hardware.Something i noticed too is that the mic icon does not show on the
taskbar anymore.And wheneve i try to get it back it's hidden for not being
active and it wouldn't come back.It's like being cursed!

 

[David Vair]

Have you tried deleting the sound card from device manager doing a reboot and letting windows
refind?

 

[Guest]

I did many times..no effect

Have you tried deleting the sound card from device manager doing a reboot and letting windows
refind?

 

[Lexasan]

The same problem to me, but on win2K

 

[Guest]

Same problem and I have WinXP in a Sony Viao. It was fine and now not. I
remember fixing it briefly a while ago and can't remember what I did.