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DELL Inspiron- NO AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE IS INSTALLED

I have currently purchased a Dell Inspiron 640m and at the start the speakers intergrated on the laptop worked perfectly.

However now when i try to play audio or video files there is no sound (on video there is video but no sound)

At the audio sign there is the Speaker icon with a red and white X, similar to the mute sign however when you scroll over it, is says:

No Audio Output Device is installed

how do i solve this problem and regain access to sound on my laptop?

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DELL Inspiron- NO AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE IS INSTALLED
May 29, 2010 8:52AM PDT

sam aswad

service Tag 33KPNL1
MY DELL Inspiron- NO AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE IS INSTALLED
Pl.fix this problem thank you
SAM ASWAD

Message was edited by: admin to remove email address to prevent spam harvesters from picking it up.

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This old discussion.
May 29, 2010 10:01PM PDT

And posting your SERVICE TAG in the clear is a bad idea.

Create a new post and I'll alert the one that can edit that out.
Bob