No Sound On Toshiba® Computer
Learn tips to resolve sound issues on your Toshiba computer system.
The lack of sound on your Toshiba computer may be caused by a number of reasons. The easiest place to start the diagnostics is to check if the device is working properly. If the message displayed says the audio device is not working then, you need to replace or install a new sound device on your system. If the message displayed says the device is working properly but there is still no sound then, the problem may be associated with the sound drivers on your Toshiba system. To uninstall the sound drivers: Right Click My Computer Icon>Left Click Properties>Click Hardware Tab>Click Device Manager>Click on Sound Video and Games Controller>Right Click Sound Driver and choose Uninstall Option. When you restart your computer, it will automatically reinstall the original version. Also you can try downloading the latest Toshiba Controls for Toshiba ACPI Common Modules for Windows XP. Another alternative is to reset the BIOS on your Toshiba computer. To do this, you need to restart your computer and once you see the Toshiba make logo of your computer press ‘F2’ immediately and here you will see the BIOS screen. Press ‘F9’ and choose ‘Yes’ to enable BIOS files for sound. However, the settings differ widely among different models of the Toshiba computers and you should first check which key enables your BIOS files.
The following are the some of the causes of lack of sound and tips to remedy the problems:
- Problems with Toshiba software or hardware
- Problems with audio driver
- Deletion of driver after formatting
Problems with Toshiba software or hardware
Problems with Toshiba software or hardware No sound on the Toshiba computers may be caused either by software or hardware issues. The error normally occurs as STOP: 0*0000000A. This indicates that a kernel-mode process or that the drivers in the system attempted to access a memory location it did not have authorization to access. It may also be a result of a memory location that exists at a kernel interrupt request level that was too high. A kernel-mode process has the right of entry to only processes that have an IRQL that’s equal to or lower than its own.
Problems with audio driver
Problems with audio driver If there is no sound on your Toshiba computer but your you have checked that your hardware is fine, then the problem could be of the missing sound drivers. You may also need to install new sound drivers if you want to improve the sound capabilities on your computer or in the case of faulty sound drivers. The drivers you require are: Realtek ALC887 Audio Drivers which support Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit.
Deletion of driver after formatting Formatting the Toshiba computer will cause it to lose all the drivers on your system. A driver is a small useful utility that helps the hardware on your PC to operate efficiently. If you want all the functions of your Toshiba computer to work, you will have to install more drivers. The most common drivers are: Intel mobile chipset driver, Ricoh driver, Audio driver, Display driver, Modem driver, wireless driver, Bluetooth driver, and DVD driver which can be downloaded from various websites. However, be sure to check all the content that you download from the Internet for any malicious files. Also, only download compatible drivers.
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