hello all. recently i've incountered an audio driver issue. i have an ALC 888 soundcard from Realtek. one day i left my computer on overnight charging my phone via usb. when i turned the screen on, the volume icon on the bottom right had a red cross on it and i couldnt run anything audio related including itunes..... i googled a ton and couldnt come to a solution. i tried updating, uninstalling, reinstalling, drivers.
at first, when i went to device manager, instead of seeing 'Realtek High Definition Audio Output' (which i think is supposed to say), i saw 2 listed. it was 'high quality bluetooth audio' and 'bluetooth audio' i managed to update the drivers manually, by making it browse my C: drive. everything worked as it should and the icon on the bottom right was corrected. but my speaker and earphones wouldnt work. my itunes and audio related files were running correctly at this point with no errors; just no output. so i uninstalled both bluetooth highquality audio devices and deleted the update file for it that was in my C: drive. as of now, when i go to device manager, there is no 'sound, video, blah blah' option. and the red cross is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please help
at first, when i went to device manager, instead of seeing 'Realtek High Definition Audio Output' (which i think is supposed to say), i saw 2 listed. it was 'high quality bluetooth audio' and 'bluetooth audio' i managed to update the drivers manually, by making it browse my C: drive. everything worked as it should and the icon on the bottom right was corrected. but my speaker and earphones wouldnt work. my itunes and audio related files were running correctly at this point with no errors; just no output. so i uninstalled both bluetooth highquality audio devices and deleted the update file for it that was in my C: drive. as of now, when i go to device manager, there is no 'sound, video, blah blah' option. and the red cross is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please help
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate x86AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800...2GBNVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP-Pavilion RX887AA-ABA a6030n
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x86
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+, 2.5GHz
- Motherboard
- ECS Nettle 1.0
- Memory
- 2GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
- Sound Card
- HD Audio Device; now its gone.
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 19.1"
- Screen Resolution
- 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz
