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    (Acer 7520) No Audio Output Device is installed.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by 0xGFX007, Jun 17, 2009.

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    0xGFX007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    In Jan 2008 I bought a laptop of type:

    ACER ASPIRE 7520-5971

    Systems Specs:
    AMD Athlon 64 X2
    384MB Nvidia Geforce 7000M
    4GB DDR2

    MOTHERBOARD:
    MANUFACTURER: Acer
    MODEL: Fuquene
    CHIPSET: NVIDIA nFORCE 560

    BIOS: Brand: Acer, V1.33

    SOUND DEVICE: Realtek High Definition Audio.

    PROBLEM:
    Six Months Ago, the Sound Device Stopped Working, I get the following message ( No Audio Output Device is installed): It is as if NO audio device is installed on the motherboard.

    Here's the catch:
    Sometimes when I START my computer the Device Works, and Sometimes It doesn't. If I restart the computer like 20-30 consecutive times (IF I'M LUCKY) chances that in one of these restarts the device MAY Work. Sometimes i go weeks without Audio.

    Here are *some* things I've Tried:
    1) Format the System:
    Different OSs I've tried: Windows XP Home/Pro, Vista, 7 and Linux.
    The expirience the same problem with all these OSs. So It's not an OS thing.

    2) Installing drivers from the manufacturer, Installing drivers from Microsoft, Installing different drivers.

    3) Flashing the BIOS to the latest Version.

    4) Searching Google: I found like 100 threads on this problem but none of them helped me solve this particular problem.

    Here's another Catch or more like a Trick, that makes the device works but only on Windows Xp, and it has to be done on every system start:

    In Windows Xp, If I go to " Safe Mode", and then open " Device Manager", and then expand the " Audio Devices" thingy, and then click on " Audio Device", Disable it, and then Enable it, it asks me to restart my computer, then the device WORKS FINE ! It worked every time. This is the only way I could get the device to work on Windows Xp.

    But now I have Windows 7 and this trick doesn't work on it, I'm back to starting the device 20-30 consecutive times and if luck is on my side the audio device may work or it may not.

    Sorry for the long thread, But this problem is driving me crazy, and I wanted to make it as unique as possible from other similar threads with the same title because its quite a unique problem.
     
    0xGFX007, Jun 17, 2009
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