No Audio OutputDevice is Installed

I just added more memory to my Dell Insperion 530. Which is very simple.
But now the speaker icon in the lower right has a red X. When I put the
arrow on it I get the following: "No Audio Output Device is Installed"
Any clues on what happened? Everything was just fine before I added the
memory.

Ron

/EAA Docent/ said:
> I just added more memory to my Dell Insperion 530. Which is very simple.
> But now the speaker icon in the lower right has a red X. When I put the
> arrow on it I get the following: "No Audio Output Device is Installed"
> Any clues on what happened? Everything was just fine before I added the
> memory.

That hints that the soundcard drivers were corrupted or dumped.
Reinstall them if possible.

How much memory do you now have and does Vista show that it is all
available?
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> /EAA Docent/ said:
>> I just added more memory to my Dell Insperion 530. Which is very simple.
>> But now the speaker icon in the lower right has a red X. When I put the
>> arrow on it I get the following: "No Audio Output Device is Installed"
>> Any clues on what happened? Everything was just fine before I added the
>> memory.
>
> That hints that the soundcard drivers were corrupted or dumped.
> Reinstall them if possible.

I had a similar nightmare scenario. check for a bios update for your
motherboard first (mine had one for audio issues recently) but I did a
reinstall of the OS before I knew they did that. That also solved the
issue. If you can, just reinstall from windows so you don't lose
anything.


--
dkizzy

There have been reports of a Windows Update
killing audio.

Check microsoft.public.windowsupdate

Be sure to go back 1000 posts or so or you may not
see it.

"dkizzy" <> wrote in message
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>
> I had a similar nightmare scenario. check for a bios update for your
> motherboard first (mine had one for audio issues recently) but I did a
> reinstall of the OS before I knew they did that. That also solved the
> issue. If you can, just reinstall from windows so you don't lose
> anything.
>
>
> --
> dkizzy

I now have 4GB memory, but shows 3.3CG
--
Ron


"Curious" wrote:

> How much memory do you now have and does Vista show that it is all
> available?
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > /EAA Docent/ said:
> >> I just added more memory to my Dell Insperion 530. Which is very simple.
> >> But now the speaker icon in the lower right has a red X. When I put the
> >> arrow on it I get the following: "No Audio Output Device is Installed"
> >> Any clues on what happened? Everything was just fine before I added the
> >> memory.
> >
> > That hints that the soundcard drivers were corrupted or dumped.
> > Reinstall them if possible.
>

Do you have the latest Vista drivers for your sound chip/card from the
manufacturer?
"EAA Docent" <> wrote in message
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>I now have 4GB memory, but shows 3.3CG
> --
> Ron
>
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> How much memory do you now have and does Vista show that it is all
>> available?
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > /EAA Docent/ said:
>> >> I just added more memory to my Dell Insperion 530. Which is very
>> >> simple.
>> >> But now the speaker icon in the lower right has a red X. When I put
>> >> the
>> >> arrow on it I get the following: "No Audio Output Device is Installed"
>> >> Any clues on what happened? Everything was just fine before I added
>> >> the
>> >> memory.
>> >
>> > That hints that the soundcard drivers were corrupted or dumped.
>> > Reinstall them if possible.
>>

I re-installed the Audio Driver form the dick that came with the PC.
Sound is back. BUT, yes there is always a but. I now have Realtec HD
manager, what ever the heck that is. When I open it it has all kind of
options for sounds. Such as Speaker Configuration, Sound effects, Room
Correction and default Format. There is also a second tab labeled Stero Mix.
What is this all about? It seems like a lot of intresting stuf, if I
understood what I'm suppose to do with it.

Ron


"EAA Docent" wrote:

> I now have 4GB memory, but shows 3.3CG
> --
> Ron
>
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
> > How much memory do you now have and does Vista show that it is all
> > available?
> > <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > /EAA Docent/ said:
> > >> I just added more memory to my Dell Insperion 530. Which is very simple.
> > >> But now the speaker icon in the lower right has a red X. When I put the
> > >> arrow on it I get the following: "No Audio Output Device is Installed"
> > >> Any clues on what happened? Everything was just fine before I added the
> > >> memory.
> > >
> > > That hints that the soundcard drivers were corrupted or dumped.
> > > Reinstall them if possible.
> >