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no audio output device is installed!

Jul 26, 2010 6:53AM PDT

Hello,

I have Hp Compaq Presario F700, my sound card is not working anymore. It says no audio output device is installed. Unfortunately, there is no "sound, video and game controllers" in device manager, and also my sound device is not seen in device manager. My sound appeared a few days ago, but after a restart it has gone again. I tried to install the driver over and over again, but it says "could not find MEDIA device for this driver" I don't know what to do! Please someone help me.


My Operating System is Vista.
AUDİO: Conexant HD-Audio SmartAudio 221

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Compaq Presario F700
Jul 27, 2010 1:54AM PDT
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No audio output devices installed...
Jul 28, 2010 12:08AM PDT

...that happened to me with another brand. If no audio devices are listed at Device manager, and no problem devices or conflicts noted at system information, that means that the Mother board is defective [at least the part containng the sound card....] In my case, it affected the dialup modem well. The computer[laptop] works normally otherwise.