No audio device on laptop

Download and reinstall the driver.


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Look at the driver properties. I suspect a generic Microsoft driver has been installed and that driver doesn't work correctly. (Right click on the audio device from Device Manager and select Properties. Then check the Drivers tab. Look for the line with Driver Provider.)

I can't find a MX6400 listed on Gateway's driver site, http://www.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/drivers-downloads . There are the MX6410 and MX6420 listed. Both of these have a Conexant audio driver for XP and Vista. The Vista driver may work under Windows 7. (Make sure to correctly select the 32-bit or 64-bit depending on your OS version.) Download the driver and try to manually install it. If that doesn't work, try a Conexant audio driver from another laptop brand that is for the correct version of Windows 7. (Just Google Conexant audio driver Windows 7.)

I hope this helps. If you have a problem, please let me know what your Device manager claims the manufacturer is on the HD audio device and the driver manufacturer listed in the Properties. Also add a comment if you see any error messages when trying to install a new audio driver.

Cindy Wells

Seems the problem in your Audio Driver. Here's some steps that you could try :
1. Microsoft recommends that when this happens, you click "Update Driver" to update the drivers for the device in Device Manager.
2. based on my research the audio card is C-Media 8738 (not 9738) download the latest driver from here : http://www.cmedia.com.tw/EN/DownloadCenter_Detail.aspx?pserno=0&dtype=ALL


good luck

I don't quite understand the way you disabled the Audio Device. Did you do it from it's Properties? Well, if it's true, you might have uninstalled or deleted the Sound Driver. To restore the sound, you'll need to reinstall the Sound Driver.

This is the sound driver for your laptop (Windows Vista) [Click Here] Open the link and click "Download" to begin download. Download and install.

Click Here to download windows xp conexant high definition audio driver for Compaq Presario 700 series Notebook.

If you have problem, let me know [with more details].

Good Luck.

Thanks for using FixYa.

try reinstalling the driver. maybe it is corrupted.

Open your control panel.
Click on Sounds and Audio Devices with the control panel in classic mode.
Click on the Audio tab.
Is Realtek HD Audio Input Device listed as the default device under Sound recording?
If not, select that from the drop down list and click Apply/OK.

If you can see an error in device manager its means the audio driver is not installed. You need to installed the audio driver. The audio driver is in the CD installer of your motherboard.

Regards
nicoleFIXIT

go to start - control panel - system and maintenance - system - device manager, locate your sound card and uninstall your sound drivers, rebbot the computer and vista should reinstall them for you and they should work again

will19126

to ensure that sound driver is installed or not right click on "my computer" go to "properties" then click on "hardware" tab then click on "device manager" then chack any yellow question mark(?) or exclamation (!) mark is their or not if (?) marks show with ur audio device, mean audio driver not installed. installed it from mother board cd (which is provided by ur motherboard vander).

if you are using windows xp operationg system, use system restore, to restore your system seting by choosing start menu, all programs, asccessories, system tools, system restore. then pick the date where your soundcard was work fine, let your pc restart. done.