How to Test the Sound Card of Your Laptop or Notebook?

One of the cases, when one requires laptop repair, would be the sound failure problem. There can be hardware problems or software problems behind this. The reason for the hardware problem can occur due to the fault in the physical installation of the sound card and its cables.

Software problems show how Windows drivers communicate with a sound

card and those programs that would be using the software. These software

drivers can be downloaded from the Web sites of computer manufacturer or

sound card manufacturer or with the help of any laptop repair service centers.

There are Laptop Repair centers that provide Sony laptop repairs, Toshiba laptop repairs or Acer laptop repair services that would help rectify the problems of the sound card.

Most of the sound problems of laptops and notebooks can be resolved by

installing updated sound drivers. Sound card failures are found to be rare in

laptops repair and notebooks repair.

When the sound card is properly installed, a test is to be performed to check

whether it functions properly or not. This can be done by making use of the test

file provided by the manufacturer.

You can further test the sound card of your laptop or notebook with the Device

Manager.

• For this, click ‘Start’ and select ‘Control Panel’.

• Click on ‘Device Manager’ and from the list of devices locate ‘Sound, Video

and Game Controllers’.

• Right-click on ‘device’ and select ‘Properties’.

• This would provide instructions about the sound card, its driver and whether

it is working properly or not.

Sometimes Windows won’t detect the sound card.

• In that case, go to the ‘Hardware’ tab of ‘System Properties’ sheet and click

the ‘Add New Hardware’ button.

• This makes Windows search for new hardware devices.

• Sometimes it won’t recognize the sound card.

• So a driver should be provided to Windows. The driver can be obtained from the Laptop Repair Dubai Service center.

A common reason behind laptop sound failure is the speaker volume turned

down or muted. New laptops have an exterior sound adjustment and the sound

card is digitally integrated with the motherboard. So by adjusting the volume with

the toggle on the side of the laptop, sound can be adjusted in the software as

well.

Sometimes the sound works for some applications and not for others. From this, it is clear that the problem is in the software and not the hardware of the laptop or notebook.