Sound does not work after reinstalling "Windows 7" - what should I do?

For some reason, the operating system "Winds" sometimes forces you to reinstall it. And very often a very unpleasant problem arises for the user. Which one? Sound does not work after reinstalling "Windows 7". This article will help you perform actions to return the sound. By the way, all of the below will work for more recent versions of the operating system.

Possible reasons

So, why does not Sound work after reinstalling "Windows 7"? Problems can concern the hardware of the computer. For example, a sound card can go out of order. In this case, most likely, it is necessary to replace it with a working one. But this article deals with software problems, as it is implied that the sound does not work after reinstalling Windows 7, and before it everything was in order.

Find and install sound drivers

Often the sound on the PC disappears after the operating system has been reinstalled. This is due to the lack of necessary drivers. Of course, more often the system automatically selects the right software, and everything works as it should, but there are situations when it is necessary to install the drivers manually. This is especially true when the user has any non-standard or rare model of a sound card. In addition, updating drivers is never superfluous.

Where can I find the driver?

• Comes with a laptop or a computer motherboard usually comes with a disk with all the necessary software. But recently somehow such disks are not applied.
• The driver can be found on the manufacturer's website. In order to learn the model of the sound card, you will need to use a special utility.
• The simplest option, when the sound does not work after reinstalling "Windows 7", is the use of special programs that automatically install the necessary drivers. The choice among such utilities is great. Their main advantage is that they automatically know how to determine the manufacturer of used equipment, look for a driver for it, download and install it on the user's computer, from which only a couple of mouse clicks are required.

One of the best programs for automatic driver installation is Driver Booster, which is a small utility that requires only one launch. After that, the computer will be scanned, and drivers that need to be updated or installed will be offered to the user for installation. In this case, opposite to each of them, the release date is indicated, as well as a note about whether an urgent update is necessary.

After selecting all or only one driver and the user's consent, the update process is started. By the way, the whole installation runs exclusively in automatic mode. And a point for recovery will be created in advance for that situation, if the new driver turns out to be worse than the old one. Then the user can at any time roll back the system to the previous state. After the whole procedure is over, you need to restart the computer.

Sound settings in the operating system

It happens that the newest drivers are installed, but all the same after the reinstallation of "Winds 7" the sound does not work. What to do then? There may be two reasons why it does not exist:

• An incorrect driver for the sound card is installed.
• Another device is selected for sound transmission. For example, a computer can send sound not to the speakers used, but to headphones, which in fact do not even exist.

First of all, you need to pay attention to the icon of the sound, which is in the tray for about hours. There should not be any red crossings on it. Some users complain that the sound does not work after reinstalling "Windows 7" and in such a funny situation when it is simply set to the minimum value. It will not be superfluous to be sure that the problem is not this.

Next, open the "Control Panel", and then go to the "Hardware and Sound" section. Then select "Sound". There is a "Playback" tab, in which there will most likely be more than one device playing the sound. Then you will have to choose. And often the sound does not work after reinstalling "Windows 7" just because the system chose the wrong device. As soon as the speakers are selected and the changes are accepted, the user will hear the long-awaited sound.

If it is not very clear which device to choose, you can simply turn on playback of any audio, add volume and in turn check each device from the list displayed in the tab.

Lack of codec

If there are sounds while working with the operating system itself, but they are not present when listening to music or watching video files, then most likely the computer does not have a good multimedia codec installed. It is recommended that you install it to fix the problem. Excellent fit KLM.