My computer says "no audio output device installed" There isn't even a sound tab in my device manager. ?

Question

I don't know much about computers at all. I've had this Toshiba laptop for almost a year and never had any problems with it. I tried to restart it...that's the best I know how to do. There's a red x by my speaker icon on the bottom right. Please speak clearly. :) I don't know what a sound card is...I tried to look up solutions. If someone could help me I would sooo appreciate it. Thanks.

Answer 1

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, that 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 and option to download any missing drivers. Just find the Sound Driver and install it.

Hope that helps =]

Answer 2

in your device manager you will have a tab for "not installed" or "not properly working" devices, look for your sound card there and update the driver, that should do it