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Sound suddenly stopped working HELP!! i open my volume control and its says "no audio device installed&#

#1 Gear Wolfen

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 06:34 PM

I have an audio device installed and when i check it its says everything is working properly but everything that uses sound wont work properly i have no sound. It was working fine yesterday, i havent updated anything or installed any codecs i havent even restarted my computer since yesterday when sound was working. my computer fell asleep while i was sleep and when i woke it and turned on my music....nothing. i restarted it before i logged into the forum just now and it said the audioeng.dll is not compatible or is missing and i've uninstalled the driver without deleting everything about it and it reinstalled on reboot and STILL DOES NOT WORK i need help.
I using vista 32 bit on a dell desktop

#2 youthedog4

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 06:49 PM

Go to control panel >> Hardware and Sound >> Device Manager >> Sound, Video, and Game controllers >> *Audio Device*, write down the names of the devices and uninstall all of them. Then go google.com and search for them. Install all of them and restart you computer. Come back to me with results.

#3 Gear Wolfen

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 07:04 PM

OK same outcome. uninstalled drivers should i have chosen to also delete the driver software as well? it still cant find the AudioEng.dll for anything that uses sound. i have ABSOLUTLEY NO IDEA how to fix this problem

#4 youthedog4

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 08:00 PM

Try system restore.

#5 Gear Wolfen

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 08:10 PM

also failed

#6 garmanma

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 10:10 PM

What is the model number or the service tag number of the Dell?
It will be on the back of the tower

This post has been edited by garmanma: 10 November 2009 - 10:10 PM

Mark

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