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HP DV6700 - No audio

Error message is "No audio output device is installed" when you click the speaker icon on the taskbar. HP's website is a nightmare: it so needs a redesign! I've tried restarting Windows audio in services. Tried uninstalling Windows Speaker in System. Any ideas? Want to avoid a full recovery if possible.

motnahp00

You can find the audio drivers here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&os=2093&product=3636595#N227

John

>>> HP's website is a nightmare <--- Agree.

Try the HP site below. There is an audio driver listed for your machine. Download the driver, uninstall the auido, restart and re-install the new driver.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3636594&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3632100&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2093

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jsdray

Try going to Recovery Manager and reinstall the "Contexant HD-Audio SmartAMC HD2 Driver" and restart computer.

atayqed

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Tried all the above three offered solutions. No better

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atayqed

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Did all the above and still the same. Must be a hardware problem, I guess?

atayqed

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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for atayqed's comment #a38025327

for the following reason:

bad motherboard after all other possibilities have ben excluded

John

Hardware diagnostics as suggested in post http:#a38005094 will disclose a hardware problem such as bad motherboard. atayqed appeared to agree with that in post http:#a38025327

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