Download and install audio output device driver for windows 7

#Download and install audio output device driver for windows 7 drivers#
#Download and install audio output device driver for windows 7 update#

I tried several YouTube explorations that all said the same thingвЂ¦ which didnвЂ™t work as the devices had disappeared! And I spent at least 24+ hours of my time! But some version of the devices still existed under device manager, all the way to the bottom, under вЂњsystem devicesвЂќ where I found I could update a driver THERE on the INTEL audio controller to bring back my sound. YEH! That solution only took lots of reading, trying numerous approaches, downloaded audio devices which I could not install properly, confirming that the devices still existed on my computer but NOT under вЂњsoundвЂќ in вЂњdevice managerвЂќ. I never had to try the Realtek because my sound was magically working again and continues to, even when the computer is rebooted. I went to The INTEL AUDIO sound controller first, right clicked and chose вЂњupdate driverвЂќ and VOILA! it was fixed! AND the 2 programs again appeared under device manager вЂ“ under вЂњsoundвЂќ. There were both an INTEL audio device and a REALTEK audio device there, although they no longer appeared under вЂњsoundвЂќ. Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 2.82 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

#Download and install audio output device driver for windows 7 drivers#

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from drivers without restrictions. I went to the bottom of the list to the вЂњSystem devicesвЂќ icon, opened it (right click) and found a long list of devices. Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 2.82 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs. The 2 missing programs were an Intel audio controller and a Realtek audio device, and they were listed alphabetically there. Yet she persisted! This time (after trying several other options to no avail) I went back to Device manager and this time went to the BOTTOM icon, system devices. When I went to Device Manager (press START, then put вЂњdevice managerвЂќ in the search box to bring it up), and went down to the sound area, right clicked to open it, I discovered that 2 of 3 sound devices had disappeared! There seemed to be no way to resurrect them. If you cannot get an installation you are used to using, it may cost you money as well as time and frustrationвЂ¦.) But when the computer went to sleep at night, after a restore back as far as possible, in the morning, after spending an entire day on the problem, the little sound icon had a red x on it and again was not working, although it had worked with the restored version of Windows until I closed the computer. The only thing that worked in the short run was to reset my computer back several days as a вЂњrestore to an earlier dateвЂќ fix in the Recovery (START then put вЂњrecoveryвЂќ in the search box, and then pick the вЂњRestore to an earlier dateвЂќ BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO WIPE YOUR COMPUTER CLEAN with вЂњRecoveryвЂќ here вЂ“ which will reinstate a factory version of Windows WITHOUT all your software, updates, and your files! which is a more extreme option that can take days to get working properly and if you donвЂ™t have copies of your software, a backup of your files, etc. I tried numerous approaches to fixing this error вЂ“ no audio component available after a Windows Update.