No sound. Realtek. Windows 7.

[ibagaza]

OMG!!! after two months of constant frustration i finally got the win 7 x64 pro working on my emachines e725 laptop. All i had to do was to update BIOS by downloading it from emachines website wich was released on nov 19. AAAAHHHHH im so happy...

 

[piktasdiedas]

Could you put the link for BIOS update, please...

 

[ibagaza]

Customer Care

and klick to your specific laptop model number and select bios

 

[shuben]

Congratulations ibagaza!

There were two new BIOSes released at eMachines website on nov 19. Ver 3.00 and 3.01. Which one did you choose? Does your new BIOS include SLIC 2.1?

 

[infidel57]

You can download drivers until you're crossed or...

That's "cross-eyed"

you can do what I did. I gave up trying to get Realtek and ATI stuff to work. I went to Fry's ant got the Asus Xonar HDAV 1.3 Slim ($150). You'll need either on board or video card DVI or HDMI, but it works. I now have sound on my media computer.

If you have Windows 7, DO NOT load the drivers from the disk. You'll have to do a system restore if you do. Download them from the Asus site, and make sure you are using the the ones for the Slime, not the delux.

After a month of frustration, $150, while quite a hit, seems cheap.

 

[shuben]

ibagaza & piktasdiedas

I have the same laptop (eMachines e725), same OS (Win7 x64), same problem (no sound).

piktasdiedas, have you updated your BIOS?

There were two new BIOSes released at eMachines website on nov 19. Ver 3.00 and 3.01. Which one did you choose? Does your new BIOS include SLIC 2.1?

 

[Jason]

Need help with audio IN jacks..

nvm /delete

 

[piktasdiedas]

Well I updated with 3.01 and used drivers which were offered in this page. I got sound after the new BIOS at first time.

 

[zxcvbnm]

hey take a look at this Customer Care eMachines there you'll find all drivers..
i've the same notebook but my problem is that i have windows 7, all drivers are all installed but it doesn't let me down the brightness by pressing "fn", the sound and the mute of te computer works well but i can't down the brightness... i wonder if someone had the same problem pleas tell me what to do i read in everywhere and i canot find an answer..

P.S: i'm new on this i don't know how to make a post, sorry if i'm wrong here.

 

[Samuel Raven]

I have eMachines E725 and i had the same problem when I installed Windows 7 x64. Everything worked fine but I could not hear any sound until I updated my BIOS.
So thank a lot