To reinstall your sound drivers, follow these steps: Boot your Mac into Windows. Open Device Manager. For Windows XP: a. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. If you don’t see a System icon, click Switch toClassic View in the left hand pane of the window. Double-click the System icon. 1) Download and install Driver Easy. 2) Run Driver Easy and click Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers. 3) Click the Update button next to the flagged audio device to automatically download the correct version of this driver (you can do this with the FREE version). In the bottom right corner, I have the audio icon with a red circle and a white x. It also says 'No Audio Output Device Installed'. When I look in the device manager, I have a yellow icon next to 'High Definition Audio Device' under Sound, video and game controllers, and I also have an Unknown Device under the Universal Serial Bus controllers. 100% guaranteed after doing this as i did in this video.you will get fixed your pc sound problem in 2 minutes. After installing windows 7 does your PC g.
Hardware devices need drivers to function properly. Most of these drivers are installed automatically by Windows 7 but if this is not the case these drivers need to be installed by the user. Opening the Device Manager (available in the Control Panel) will tell the user which hardware drivers need to be installed by marking them with a yellow exclamation mark.
Installing drivers
Some of the drivers can be installed by Windows Update but when this offers no solution the drivers have to be downloaded from the manufacturers website. There is also an option to install the drivers from the CD/DVD accompanying the hardware, but in most cases it is better to download the most recent version (even if Windows has recognized devices by default it is wise to install the most recent version). Most downloaded drivers install automatically by running a setup procedure and reboot the computer. If this is not the case, the manual will explain how to install the drivers.
Track unknown hardware with CPU-Z
If it's not clear which device drivers need to be installed for the motherboard? In most cases, the information stored in the BIOS can be of help by tracking the exact type of motherboard and the therefore needed device drivers. To find out the type of motherboard, the free tools CPU-Z (download: www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) and PC Wizard (download: www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php) are very usable. CPU-Z shows quickly the type of processor, motherboard and RAM-memory, and PC Wizard shows a list of all the devices. This information is of great help to search the internet for the device drivers of still unknown hardware.
WINDOWS VISTA DRIVERS CAN BE USED AS WELLFor Windows 7 Microsoft has used the Windows Vista driver model to prevent compatibility problems (as happened with the introduction of Windows Vista). Therefore, hardware which functions properly with Windows Vista works with Windows 7 as well. If there are no Windows 7 drivers available, the Windows Vista drivers can be used as well. Although it is not the best option, it is also possible to use the Windows XP drivers (as an example: the wireless adapter on my old laptop didn't work with the drivers installed by Windows 7 while the original Windows XP worked fine). |
RESTORING THE PREVIOUS DEVICE DRIVERInstalling a new device driver is not risk free and new device drivers do not always function better. In those cases, the previous driver can always be restored by right clicking the device in the Device Manager and to select Properties, tab Driver, button Roll Back Driver. If the computer continuously restarts it is not possible to roll back the device driver. This circle can be broken by pressing F8 at the beginning of the boot process and to select Disable automatic restart on system failure. |
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