Dell audio driver

[wrg]

I am trying to figure out how out how to get sound on my laptop. The sound thing on the taskbar says No audio output device installed. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop running Windows 7. Anyone know of a solution to this problem?


Thanks

 

[stormy13]

Hope this is more an experiment in getting Windows 7 to run on it, than an attempt to make it a viable OS on that laptop. In technology terms that laptop is a dinosaur; I found a review on it from October 2001 and can find references to drivers even older (Win 95/98 era).

All things considering if you really want to attempt to run Windows 7 on it and have sound, get either an external sound card or USB speakers (assuming the USB ports are up to it and available).

 

[linuzo]

You can always use the Vista driver for that model. Check for the vista sound support.

 

[stormy13]

You can always use the Vista driver for that model. Check for the vista sound support.

Unfortunately there are not now and never will be Vista or Windows 7 drivers for that laptop,

Drivers & Downloads

Even Dell stopped providing driver updates almost 6 years ago.

 

[fakeasdf]

The xp driver worked on all of the dell machines that the audio driver didn't auto install for me...(latitude d 610, and d810)