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No sound on Vista
"Linda" wrote in message ... I don't have a new computer, but just upgraded to the vista. I had sound before and don't now. Any ideas -- Linda I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FE45G/W and if I use the sleep mode, the sound is often lost after coming out of "sleep". So, AVOID using the sleep mode! Microsoft has published a fix for this KB929685, but when I try and install it, I get a message that says: "The update does not apply to your system". I did use the correct version (32 bit) of KB929685: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929685/ So I'm not sure why my no audio with Vista problem shouldn't respond to KB929685? Anyway, I tried doing this: Control Panel: System: Device Manager: Sound video and game controllers: expand and right click on high definition audio device: then uninstall the driver. Then put the computer to sleep and power up again and the driver is reinstalled. This worked OK, but then since that time, if I use the sleep mode again, the sound is sometimes lost again. So I went through the uninstall procedure again, and went in and out of sleep, and it still didn't bring the sound back. GRRRR... but after a couple of complete power downs and reboots, the sound did reappear! So this uninstallation trick doesn't always work and persistence is needed! Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers is often the first step in solving lack of sound (and other) problems, but my post may not work for your problem. |