How to turn on the sound on the laptop? Installation, configuration and restoration of sound

Often in the process of working with newly-minted owners of mobile personal computers there is such a question: "How on the laptop to turn on the sound?" It is his decision and will be devoted to this material. The reasons that lead to this problem are many. Each of them will be considered in detail in the article you are offering.

Test

So, how to turn on the sound on the laptop? First you need to find out what the problem is. To do this, close all applications and go to the control panel of the audio controller. Usually it is in the lower right corner of the desktop, on the taskbar. The appearance of its label depends on the manufacturer of the device. For example, for devices of the trademark Realtek a loudspeaker of bright orange color is used. Next, open the control panel of the audio controller and go to the "Speakers" tab, and then move to the "Speaker Configuration" tab. It shows the acoustic system. First, click on the left device to output the audio signal, after which a test signal should appear immediately. Then we perform a similar procedure for the right speaker. If the sound does not appear, then the problem is either in the operating system or in the hardware resources of the mobile computer. But if you see a sound when you close a program, you need to check its settings. This procedure must be performed at each stage of the operation. After all, somehow it is necessary to check whether a positive result is achieved, whether the sound system's performance is restored. By the way, the above option is the simplest way to turn on the sound on a laptop.

Just turned off the sound on the keyboard

The most common reason that a mobile PC user thinks about how to turn on the sound on a laptop is to disconnect it from the keyboard. On each such device there is an extended functional keyboard. Its symbols denote blue or red color (each manufacturer in its own way). Among them there are three keys with a loudspeaker logo. On the first of them it is crossed out - with its help the acoustic system is completely disconnected. The second speaker is represented with one arc (on some models of mobile personal computers it is replaced by a triangle directed downwards, or an arrow with the same direction) - sound reduction. The last, third key is the complete opposite of the previous one - it increases the volume. It shows a loudspeaker with three waves (maybe a triangle, a directed top, or an arrow). You can activate their input with the help of a special key - "Fn". It is usually located in the lowest row of the keyboard between "Windows" and "Alt". Therefore, we squeeze "Fn" and that key, which shows a speaker with three waves (or an arrow pointing upwards, or a triangle with exactly the same direction). Before applying this method, you need to look at the status of the icon of the sound service. If it shows a red crossed circle, then this method can indeed be applied. Otherwise, with the normal form of the shortcut on the taskbar, it makes no sense to use this method.

Soundbar

The driver for the keyboard is not always correctly installed. In this case, using "Fn" and the volume increase key will not produce the desired result. Alternatively, you can use the sound bar. Its shortcut in the form of a white speaker is located in the lower right corner of the monitor screen. Click on it with the right mouse button. In the opened list, select the "Mixer" item. Next, in the mixer panel, lift up the overall volume slider. After this, we must check the presence of a sound signal. Another function that this system utility performs is to improve the sound on the laptop due to the extended set of parameters. To do this, just click on the logo on the top, and in the window that opens, set the necessary levels of loudness and signal amplification. Similarly, the problem is solved when there is a quiet sound on the laptop.

Reloading

After the necessary manipulations are done with the keyboard and sound panel, and the sound does not appear, you must perform a complete reboot of the mobile computer. To do this, we perform the following sequence of actions:

• We go in the "Start", then in the triangle next to the button with the inscription "Shutdown".
• In the opened list, select the "Restart" item.
• We are waiting for the end of this operation and perform testing on the previously described methodology.

BIOS

Another version of the fact that there were problems with the sound on the laptop is the disconnection of the sound card in the BIOS. In this case, you need to enter the basic input / output system and perform the following actions:

• Turn the laptop off completely.
• When the first image appears on the screen, we figure out the way to enter the basic settings next to the text "Press X to Setup". In this case, "X" - this is the information that interests us. We hold this key or a combination of them. Perform all you need quickly. If the manufacturer's logo is displayed when the PC is started, press "ESC" before it to hide it.
• In BIOS, go to the "Advanced" section.
• Next, we find using the arrow keys the item in the title of which the word "Audio" is present. It must be set to the value "enabled". It can be set using either the "F5" and "F6" or "PgDn" and "PgUp" keys.
• Once the desired result is obtained, press "F10". In response to the request, we save the changes made.
• After the reboot, we perform the testing procedure without fail.

The reasons that could lead to such a shutdown of the sound system, can be the following: or someone joked at you or on your computer a virus.

Driver

At the final stage of the restoration of the speaker system, we install drivers. They allow you to set the sound on the laptop and organize its output. The installation version of this software can be downloaded from the official website of the device manufacturer or found on the CD-ROM that is necessarily included with the mobile computer. Run it and, following the instructions of the wizard, install the driver. At the end it is recommended to do a full reboot of the machine and only then to test for the presence of sound.

Audio service

Another possible reason for the lack of sound on the laptop is an unplugged audio service. To run it, we perform the following manipulations:

• We go in the "Start".
• Open the "Control Panel".
• Then you need to deploy the "Administration".
• Go to the "Services" tab.
• Find "Windows Audio" and start it.

Then, a white speaker icon appears in the lower right corner of the screen. If desired, you can further realize the sound amplification on the laptop. To do this, go to the mixer for the previously described method and open advanced settings. On the tab, check the box next to the label "Equalizer". We make a single click on the button with three dots. All the sliders in the new window are set to the maximum, we save the changes. But it makes sense to do it when the speakers on your mobile computer are quiet.

Speakers or sound card?

All stages are passed, but there is no result: there was no sound, and no. In this case, most likely, the problems are hidden in the hardware resources of the mobile personal computer. Now we need to find out what exactly does not work for us. To do this, we connect the external speaker system to the green output of the laptop, for example, headphones, and according to the previously given procedure we perform testing. If the sound appeared, the speakers went out of order. Otherwise, you have a problem with the sound card. There is a logical question: "How to restore sound on the laptop in each of these cases?" In the first, everything is very simple. We carry the laptop to the service center, where the unworkable speakers will be replaced. But in the case of a broken sound card, everything is much more complicated. It can not be dropped from the main PC board. The only solution in this case is the use of speakers or speakers, which are connected via the UBS interface.

Results

Within the framework of this material, a step-by-step guide was given on how to turn on the laptop on a sound. Carrying out all the recommendations, in most cases it is possible to restore the efficiency of the acoustic system of the mobile computer. An exception in this case is the failure of the sound card or speakers. But even with such a difficult breakdown of the computer, possible solutions are proposed for solving this problem.