No Audio Output Device is Installed

[Mikaphewn]

I've had this problem for a while now. I've tried all the fixes I can find. From uninstalling the drivers and restarting to using an external sound card.

My laptop is an Asus K53E and I am running Windows 7 64 bit.

I'll try to provide more information if asked.

 

[ffg7]

what happens when you try or install the realtek sound driver? where are you getting the sound driver from?

 

[Mikaphewn]

what happens when you try or install the realtek sound driver? where are you getting the sound driver from?

I got the driver from Realtek's website. When I install the driver, I get the same error

 

[ffg7]

what is the error message?

 

[Mikaphewn]

what is the error message?

No audio output device is installed

 

[ffg7]

any unknown devices or yellow exclamation marks in device manager?

 

[Mikaphewn]

any unknown devices or yellow exclamation marks in device manager?

Here are all the yellow exclamation points.

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[ffg7]

under "sound" tab in control panel what does it show in playback?

 

[Mikaphewn]

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Here is what is in my 'sound' tab

 

[ffg7]

same as mine. have you tried headphones or external speakers?

 

[Mikaphewn]

same as mine. have you tried headphones or external speakers?

I've tried headphones. I assume my speakers won't work because they plug into the headphone jack

 

[ffg7]

headphones didn't work?

 

[Mikaphewn]

Nope

 

[ffg7]

if no sound coming out of headphones or speakers but soundcard appears to be alright according to device manager means either major software corruption in windows or a hardware issue with the motherboard. do you have a spare laptop drive or can borrow 1 to load windows on to see if that corrects the problem? the new windows does not have to be re-activated for this but might need the sound driver unless windows uses it's generic sound driver.

 

[Mikaphewn]

if no sound coming out of headphones or speakers but soundcard appears to be alright according to device manager means either major software corruption in windows or a hardware issue with the motherboard. do you have a spare laptop drive or can borrow 1 to load windows on to see if that corrects the problem? the new windows does not have to be re-activated for this but might need the sound driver unless windows uses it's generic sound driver.

How do I get the sound driver from the other drive on to this one?

 

[ffg7]

download it onto an usb stick to be copied onto new hd then installed if needed.