Windows 7 No audio devices are installed (Fujitsu) and...

George Yanakiev

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Hello,

I searched before asking but none of these solutions helped me.

Three days ago my Fujitsu Siemens Pi 1536 suddenly crashed - the screen went crazy and I pushed my laptop's power button off. Then I turned it on and everything went okay - then I realized I have no audio drivers anymore. No sound, nothing.

http://i33.tinypic.com/11742eb.jpg - 'No audio devices are installed.'

http://i38.tinypic.com/23hlqw5.jpg - Windows can't detect a problem or automatically update.

I tried to reinstall them (Realtek) but this didn't help me. Tried every possible way to make things work. Uninstalled them; reinstalled them; installed them over the old ones; disabled and enabled... Still nothing.

Of course, after that I decided to reinstall my Windows 7 (clean install). I never had problems with installations until now. I boot from DVD and it loads the files, but then black screen comes with a cursor and restarts after 3 seconds. So it's kinda a restart loop. Burned Win 7 on five different DVDs - none of them work! It's the black screen with cursor over and over again.

Anyways, I finally succeeded to reinstall my laptop (clean install) and now I'm using Windows XP. After that I also installed all of my drivers and the only problem continues to be the audio.

http://i36.tinypic.com/8w04f8.jpg - In Device Manager there's no Realtek option.

So I still can use my laptop but there is no sound. I'm stuck and I'm going mad now. What the ... happened with my Fujitsu??? Is it a virus? Is my sound gone forever?

Anybody has a solution? I'd be sooo thankful!

Just tell me if you need more info about my laptop:

I have Fujitsu Siemens Pi 1536
Processor Intel (R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66 GHz 167 GHz
RAM 2.00 GB
32-bit Operating System
 
Hello George, welcome to the forum. : )

If your Realtek is not listed in device manager (under 'Audio codecs'), then something is wrong with this device - perhaps broken? Are there any external audio cards connected to your laptop that might be conflicting? Have you upgraded bios lately?
 
Hi cybercore

Thanks for the quick reply! No, nothing external is connected. I read on some places that I should try updating my BIOS because there could be some conflicts etc. but I'm scared doing it by myself (I never did this).

I guess my last solution would be updating the BIOS.
 
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Please help me. Can anyone tell me how exactly do I flash my BIOS...

Thanks!
Hi,
I have also a Pi1536. Your problem probably comes from the broken sound card. You can try an bios upgrade (official).

When I wanted to upgrade my laptop to CPU T7200, 4gb ram and change de VGA card to an Ati HD 4570, I used an Alienware Bios (version 1.19) and it works.

Windows 7 regconizes only 3.25Gb because of chipset limit. But it's fine.

More details at : amilo pi 1536/1556 alienware bios for memory upgrade and video card - LaptopVideo2Go Forums

Regards.