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    Dell Inspiron E1505 Problem, HELP

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by esanger02, Nov 13, 2008.

  1. esanger02

    esanger02 Newbie

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    I reformatted my laptop and now i dont have sound. I put in the service tag on dell.com to get to the drivers and they have everything BUT a sound driver. Under the device manager there isnt even a sound device listed....help!

    In device manager, it says i have 2 PCI Device drivers that arent recognized and i cant find drivers for this anywhere....is that why my sound wont work? How do i fix this?
     
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    been there, done that about 5 times now, it says during install "No Sound Device Found" and with any other driver it says "There is no sound device installed compatible with these drivers". Ive installed the UAA for HA Audio, ive done everything, please help.
     
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  4. Iron Eagle

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    In Device Manager, do you have a device listed under Sound? If so can you right-click on it, select uninstall, and retry installation.
     
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    esanger02 Newbie

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    It lists:
    Audio Codecs
    Legacy Audio Drivers
    Legacy Video Capture Device
    Media Control Devices
    Video Codecs

    I cant uninstall the "Legacy Audio Drivers" there is no option to uninstall it, ive tried. But reguardless, it wont let me install any sound drivers because it says there is no sound card because i cant get the drivers for the pci device.

    This is so frustrating, doesnt anyone know how to help me? lol
     
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    If that's all that Device Manager lists then I suggest something may have gone wrong during installation. Every computer that I've seen lists a lot more than just those five components. You ought to be seeing a list like this:

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    What version of Windows are you running? Perhaps you should perform a system restore or just flat out reformat again.
     
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    What i typed is just for Sound and audio, i have the rest too. The major problem is that 2 PCI Devices arent being recognized and thats why i have no sound...i just dont know what to do on how to install those 2 pci devices, any ideas?
     
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