subject: Realtek Sound Card Drivers - Has the Sound Disappeared From Your Windows Computer? [print this page] Has the sound disappeared from your PCHas the sound disappeared from your PC. This is quite common. Sometimes the computer crashes or shuts down unexpectedly and when you restart it the sound is not working.
This can because or driver corruption. The same thing can happen if you have to reinstall windows. There are many reasons for this, but the bottom line is you need to fix this with updated Realtek sound card drivers.
This is common with Realtek drivers and other sound drivers and one of the biggest problems you will face is finding the right drivers and getting them to work. If you still have the original drivers they may work and you might think they have to work but many people discover this is not the case.
There are many reasons they will not work, including the fact you have upgraded windows and when this happens you need to find the latest drivers. Installing the wrong ones can cause windows registry problems and conflict with the right drivers when you do find them, making them fail to work too.
#1 Manually search for them on the internet and by trial and error try each driver until one works. Doing it this way can take hours and if the driver does not work you have to ensure you remove it completely before trying the next one.
#2 Run a free driver scan that will automatically scan your computer hardware and find your missing Realtek sound card drivers. This will also tell you if any of your other drivers can be updated too. This take a few minutes and you can install the correct drivers right away and automatically without knowing a thing about computers.
Realtek Sound Card Drivers - Has the Sound Disappeared From Your Windows Computer?
