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Anonymous Posted on May 26, 2010

Computer repaired, now sound won't play?

I just had my laptop sent to the shop to fix it's overheating problem. I got it back and reinstalled Windows and put all the drivers on, but I'm not getting any sound. The driver is installed, but I can't adjust any of my settings in the Control Panel for my audio device. My volume wheel is up and I've already checked the volume settings. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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  • Anonymous May 26, 2010

    it might be that the service technician that disassembled your laptop forgot to connect the speakers. it's unusual but not impossible. you should go back to the shop for a checkup... after all it's not your fault that they screwed up.

  • Anonymous May 28, 2010

    I called them earlier today and the guy pretty much told me to do everything I'd already tried. Then he told me he couldn't look at it without charging me more than I already paid. Considering I feel they overcharged me in the first place, I'm not really willing to go back and pay them more to fix something that has only been a problem since they pulled it apart.

  • Anonymous May 29, 2010

    ok so they don't admit they're fault, i just took a look at the disassembly of your particular model you have the onboard speakers on the LCD assembly. and the audio out and mic jacks directly on the motherboard try connecting a headphone on the audio out jack and see if you have any sond (after connection boot your computer too see if at least you have the boot-up beep), if you do it's clearly the connection of the speakers tot the motherboard - therefore the guys who took it apart, and if you don't have any sound coming from that output it could be a more serious problem. (by the way do you see the soundcard in the control panel?).

  • Anonymous May 29, 2010

    by the way this is the disassembly guidehttp://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/To...

  • Anonymous May 29, 2010

    I don't get sound from head phones either.
    Are you referring to the Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel?

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Ok so no sound, about the driver in windows XP go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware (tab) -> Device Manager and if you have there a device with a black exclamation mark on a yellow circle then you should proceed as folowing: download and install following driver: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=SB&os=&category=&moid=1042103&rpn=PSM50U&modelFilter=M55-S325&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663#, after that if you still have no sound install from the utillities CD Toshiba Fn-esse utility and see the manual because you have a key combination for disabling sound (eg. Fn+ Up arrow or Fn + F5...etc) (please specify operating system if other than windows XP).

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Please download and install audio drivers from the below URL:

http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/sm50soundx.exe

This should resolve the issue.

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