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| Thread ID: 117622 | 2011-04-26 23:33:00 | Laptop without soundcard device | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 1197411 | 2011-04-26 23:33:00 | Someone's laptop that used to produce sound, does not now . Device manager does not list any sound device nor any items with the exclamation mark . Nor does the bios list any setting for sound devices . So is it . . . Are there any USB sound device that does not have a speaker and just a headset jack and just maybe a mic jack as well? Are there a USB device that has a speaker and a headset jack and maybe a mic jack as well? Or if not can you use bluetooth instead (without a sound card present)? :thanks: |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1197412 | 2011-04-27 00:43:00 | You can get USB sound cards with mic and speaker jacks I'd be inclined to boot a linux CD or something first though, Windows might just be being weird. If it still doesn't work, have you tried removing battery etc to reset? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1197413 | 2011-04-27 00:54:00 | We used it with the AC cord, no battery . I used one of my Fedora live CDs . . . . No sound card preset and when I play a sound file - no sound is heard . Funny thing is that the laptop does not have bluetooth but bluetooth light came on the bottom of the LCD, even Linux detected bluetooth top right of the Linux screen but when you view the hardware device, there's no device in the box . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1197414 | 2011-04-27 01:01:00 | Does it show a sound or bluetooth device if you run lsusb and lspci? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1197415 | 2011-04-27 01:04:00 | Does it show a sound or bluetooth device if you run lsusb and lspci? Can you elaborate on that? Linux newbie here :D |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1197416 | 2011-04-27 01:24:00 | Can you elaborate on that? Linux newbie here :DDepends which distro you're using, but this will work on most newbie-oriented ones: Open a terminal Run 'sudo lspci' and post the output on PressF1 Run 'sudo lsusb' and post the output on PressF1 Run 'sudo lshw -class multimedia' and post the output on PressF1.Note that the last step only looks for soundcards etc; if you want to get all the detected hardware, run just 'sudo lshw' instead (this will produce a *lot* of output). |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1197417 | 2011-04-27 01:46:00 | www.trademe.co.nz | icow (15313) | ||
| 1197418 | 2011-04-27 02:06:00 | The sound device will be integrated peripherals within the laptop BIOS..check all are enabled!... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1197419 | 2011-04-27 08:25:00 | Thanks, following SolMiester, I checked the bios again, the only setting was under I/O memory address. I disabled bluetooth and then the sound came back on :D The mic works but only when plugged in, the internal does not.... have dismantled it and see if it's loose or what .... I found out it does have a bluetooth, re-enabled it and sound still works - weird. I might download the newest driver and see if that helps but there is no bluetooth device nor a exclamation mark in device manager. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1197420 | 2011-04-29 05:42:00 | . trademe . co . nz/Computers/Components/Sound-cards/auction-372179692 . htm" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz Thanks . Might need that now . . . Does anyone know how does that $4 or so device compare with the builtin laptop soundcards? Knowing that laptop sounds are not great would they be close :confused: It might be a solder issue or something . The soundcard comes and goes incl within the same Window session, one time it was playing music then it just stopped while WMP was still moving . . . . . Would anyone also know if cellphone bluetooth handsfree speakers (for cars) can be used a bluetooth speaker for a laptop computer? Another option would be mini speakers if they have a builtin 3 . 5mm plug so I don't need to carry a (short) audio cable everywhere I go . . . . . |
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