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No Audio Output Device is isntalled

Sep 5, 2007 12:01AM PDT

I recently plugged in a friends speakers into my laptop for music reasons but I gave them back and now my computer says that no audio output device is installed. I figured it reset its default to the speakers and I need to change it back, but be that the problem or not, how do I fix it? I have windows vista on an HP Pavilion Enterainment PC (HP Pavilion dv2000). Thanks all.

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Audio properties...
Sep 5, 2007 12:23AM PDT

Go Start->Control Panel->Hardware and Sound->Sound and on the Playback tab select the proper speaker set, then click the "Set Default" button. You may have to repeat with the Recording tab.

Hope this helps,
John

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re: audio properties
Sep 5, 2007 1:27AM PDT

Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried it and came up with the root of my problem, there is nothing in the list to set as a default. So it sems that the error isnt that I havent set a default, its that there's no default to set. The only real reason I mentioned the whole defaul thing I I thought there might be something in the deeper workings that could fix the problem by that route...but I guess there ain't. do you, perhaps have anything else I might try?

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Next, Install An Update Audio Driver
Sep 5, 2007 1:07PM PDT

Assuming the sound card isn't "broken", visit the computer manufacturer's website, then download and install the most recent audio drive listed.

Hope this helps.

Grif