I need to know how to install a sound driver because I think I have an internal sound card and I don't have

Question

any sound on my computer

Answer 1

Click Start/Right Click on My Computer/Left click on Properties/Left click on Hardware/Left click on Device Manager.

Now you should see a list.
There are little boxes with plus signs( + ) in them.
In the list look for "Sound, video, and game controllers."
If it has a dash or minus sign and there are little yellow triangles next to any of that lower list you see, you have driver problems.
If you have the triangles Right click on the words to the right of the triangle and you will see Update Drivers. Left click Update Drivers and read then follow the steps to do so.
You may do that any time you find your computer isn't working properly to check them.
If no little triangles are there, you can do this:
Right click on that string of words, "Sound, video, and game controllers". A menu will appear, click on "Scan for hardware changes".
Leave that window as it is because you will need it again if your speakers still don't work.

Test your speakers, any way that you know how. If they work you are done.
If not you will need to know what sound card is in your computer.
Now, click on the plus sign in the box to the right of Sound, video, and game controllers, (if it isn't already a minus sign an the list is there.) A list will appear and your sound cards name should be one of them.
If you have the Sound card installation disk, (usually the installation disk that came with your computer has it included in the installation disk.) you will need that disk (Floppy disk, CD disk, or DVD disk) that the sound cards drivers are on to put it into your drive (A:\ drive is the floppy drive D:\ drive is your CD drive or your DVD drive).

Put the appropriate disk into the drive. Then you can install from the list using a menu that will appear if you Right click on the sound cards line. And click on Update Drivers to re-Install the drivers from that disk.

Unless you have a separate disk for the sound cards drivers then you can put it into the drive it works in and run the Install or the Setup function from it.

Answer 2

Look for the pink, green and blue jacks at the back of your PC. If they are at the output backplate, near the printer port, you have onboard sound on your motherboard. The driver usually comes in the CD containing the motherboard chipset driver. If you lost the CD, download a copy of the driver from the motherboard maker.

If the mic/speaker jacks are located at the lower portion where you have openings for PCI type cards, you have a discrete sound card. Look at the make and model of the card, then search for download sites of its driver. It is better to install the driver first, shutdown the PC, install the card then power on the PC. Windows may automatically activate the soundcard or lead you to the process of activating it.

Answer 3

Well there's a few ways to do this, if you have an HP, Sony, etc. go to their website and search for a driver. Usually you will click on support and then enter the model no. of your pc and find the sound driver for it.
Go into device driver, if your sound card is listed click on it to find out it's name. If it's not there or you don't know how to get there try the next step below.
Also you can try unknown device identifier, download it and run it, it will identify all the devices you have and tell you the name of your sound card. Then go to opendrivers.com or type the name into yahoo search to look for a driver.

Answer 4

You will need to know the name of the manufacturer of your motherboard and the model number.

You can then go to the manufacturer website and look for a driver for that model number.

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