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( Solved) Should one update the drivers for non changed hardware with same OS
Shane:
Speakers are not normally listed in the device manager unless they are usb speakers and they require drivers.
But if it is a laptop then it is possible that is how they have then hooked up, if so then they may need drivers installed, try removing it from the device manager and then rebooting, forcing windows to redetect it again and see how it goes.
Shane
jraju:
Hi, Should bios update has anything to do with it. I updated one bios update out of the two bios update in the HP site for this model. If i download and click the other bios, it asks me usb or something to that effect to install.
There is a previous version of the bios driver, that i have installed from the site. Can i overwrite the bios with this one to get my default bios. Is that anything to do with the bios. There is no sound adjustments in the bios. There is a set default all button. If i click, the Sata is getting enabled automatically in the bios and then my laptop would not beet, if it is not disabled. I want to know why this is given as default bios system not allowing actual boot. Moreover, when i checked bios screens, in one of the button, i find an unknown language menu, only one menu, in the whole of Bios. Does it mean corrupt bios. Is the bios anything to do with sound?. I tried the volume icons in the keyboard of the laptop and increased the volume of it.
May be you are totally right that it is a dislocation of speaker internal wire. Please do reply me to all the points i raised as your answer gives boost to my thinking. Thanks. I will try your uninstall of speaker drivers.
In windows 7, troubleshooting immediately fixes the problem. But how to troubleshoot in windows xp.
jraju:
Hi, Shane, Pl say what the last right button switch is for ? I came across article that when laptop thinks that headphones jack is plugged, it will stop the internal speakers and there is a switch to it. Pl say whether the right switch is the thing.
Samson:
Hi jraju,
looks like a PCMCIA card eject button.
Samson.
jraju:
Hi, Samson, Thank you,
Somewhere in HP thread l learnt that when laptop thinks that headphone is plugged, even when it is not, then the sound may not work in the internal speakers, as it is default sensor settings, that if a headphone jack is inserted sound from internal speakers will be muted automatically. And some one suggest tooth pick to unjam the sensor to clear if any . How to test with tooth pick i do not know. Please could you say how to clean the headphone jacks to safely do this.
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