No Sound After Install Windows 7!

Antineo69 · 23 Mar 2010 at 18:34

Hi i install Windows 7 32bit Retail onto my dad computer,but i cant get no sound at all,i try looking on google but that no help.its onbroad sound.

Any ideas

Thanks Nicks

m4cc45 · 23 Mar 2010 at 18:43

Install the sound card drivers?

Find out the make / model of the motherboard and then go to the manufacturers website and download / install the latest drivers.

M.

Firegod · 23 Mar 2010 at 18:46

Or possibly try a Windows Update if you are really stuck. May find the drivers for you that way. I know with my soundcard on Win7 it download an updated C-Tech driver (I think it was C-Tech). But yeah, that might work also.

Cheers.

RobH · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:05

Googling for something like 'no sound windows 7' won't help you out at all.

First thing to check is device manager and see if the sound card is installed correctly. If it has an exclamation mark by it or it's listed under 'other devices' as something like a 'multimedia audio controller' then you need to get the correct driver.

If you are unsure of the manufacturer then you can download a tool called CPU-Z from www.cpuid.com which might be able to tell you the manufacturer and model of the motherboard. Last resort is opening up the case and searching for model numbers on the actual motherboard.

Once you have the model number you can download the drivers from the manufacturers site.

Range · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:13

I had this problem also.

REALTEK HD audio drivers

Your solution

Hodge · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:16

I also had no sound on installing win7. Like above it was the REALTEK HD audio drivers.

Range · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:19

Hodge said:
I also had no sound on installing win7. Like above it was the REALTEK HD audio drivers.

Yeah i've had the problem many times.

Columbo · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:33

Yup as above, Windows 7 was intermittent when starting as to whether it would pick the on-board sound or not.

Simply installed the Realtek HD audio drivers and the problems went away immediately.

Moredhel · 23 Mar 2010 at 20:19

Range said:
I had this problem also.

REALTEK HD audio drivers

Your solution

The big assumption here is that he has an AC97 soundchip on the motherboard, and not some other chip or seperate sound card.

Antineo69 · 24 Mar 2010 at 07:25

Range said:
I had this problem also.

REALTEK HD audio drivers

Your solution

i try installing this driver,but still nothing.

Antineo69 · 24 Mar 2010 at 07:31

RobH said:
Googling for something like 'no sound windows 7' won't help you out at all.

First thing to check is device manager and see if the sound card is installed correctly. If it has an exclamation mark by it or it's listed under 'other devices' as something like a 'multimedia audio controller' then you need to get the correct driver.

i try doing this,there nothing wrong with it,saying my dad onbroad sound high definition device is working

JEL8 · 24 Mar 2010 at 08:19

Go to Control Panel>Sound, if you use speakers it should look like this-
Highlight the speakers, choose Properties, Use This device- Enable.

Antineo69 · 25 Mar 2010 at 10:08

i only just got the spdif icon

Antineo69 · 25 Mar 2010 at 14:50

YES YES!! got it working,dont asked how,its bloody working,thanks your help guys

bledd · 25 Mar 2010 at 17:04

either realtek ac97 or realtek hd, that is what almost all onboard soundcards are nowadays