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    How to fix Speakers on T430 ???

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Rockrz, Mar 7, 2014.

  1. Rockrz

    Rockrz Notebook Guru

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    I got a good deal on a new Thinkpad T430 i7-3520M... and I re-installed Win 7 Pro 64bit and all went well with the laptop running fast and I've done all the Windows updates and some Lenovo updates (except for non-essential bloatware) so life is good, except for one small detail: the speakers won't work.

    I installed the Reltek Audio driver thru Lenovo update as well as the Dolby software, but they still won't work. Before the fresh windows install they worked fine, so speakers should be good.

    And, I can get sounds when I plug in my headphones so there is some audio to be had... just not coming out of the laptop's speakers.

    I checked in the Windows device manager and it shows the right driver is installed... any idea where to go from here to diagnose this issue? :confused:
     
    Rockrz, Mar 7, 2014
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    hailgod Notebook Evangelist

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    right click your volume control and click "playback devices". Select speakers as default.
     
    hailgod, Mar 7, 2014
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    That did the trick, thanks!
     
    Rockrz, Mar 11, 2014
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