I'm having a really baffling problem with my laptop resulting in no sound whatsoever. The sound icon shows a red 'x', and in my audio playback devices in the Sound Manager - none appear except a TV I connect by HDMI (my on-board microphone has also gone AWOL). I downloaded new drivers to no avail, performed a system restore, ditto, and the Acer support team are advising resetting the machine to factory settings, which I am loathe to do if I'm unconvinced it would work.
(The speakers are internal, so I've not simply forgotten to plug them in).
I've noticed a few similar problems on this page, does anyone have any solutions? It might be a hardware problem as an attempt to plug in headphones didn't help (although the headphones themselves made a 'feedback noise as they normally do when plugged in to a silent device') .
Any ideas?
(The speakers are internal, so I've not simply forgotten to plug them in).
I've noticed a few similar problems on this page, does anyone have any solutions? It might be a hardware problem as an attempt to plug in headphones didn't help (although the headphones themselves made a 'feedback noise as they normally do when plugged in to a silent device') .
Any ideas?