Dell Studio 17 with vista has no sound?

Question

I bought this laptop two days ago and occasionally the sound will stop working. Once i reboot it works again this has happened twice already. Does anybody know what is wrong with the sound?

Answer 1

If you just bought that and your having problems with it, SEND IT BACK. or have them come out and check it like they are supposed too.

I am expecting mines today. I hope it dosent do the same. But if it does ill have them come out and do their job

Answer 2

Update or reinstall the sound driver.

Answer 3

Make sure your Sound Driver isn't disabled; it may have inadvertently disabled itself during shutdown:

Go to Device Manager (Start> RightClick My Computer> Properties> Hardware Tab> Device Manager) and right click on your sound driver and choose enable. If not, try updating the driver, which will effectively restore it to factory settings if there's an update available.

If you don't know the name of you Sound Driver, so to Start> Run> dxdiag. Now go to the Sound Tab and any sound hardware installed is listed.

If that still doesn't work, the driver may have been uninstalled. If so, go to your computer's manufacturer's website and go to the "Support" section. There should be a link for drivers. You will need to know your computer's model, but once you enter that it will give you an option to download any missing drivers. Just find the Sound Driver and install it.

Hope that helps =]