joseph2k wrote:
> Kadizade wrote:
>
>> I have recently bought a new Sony VAIO (Laptop) VGN-FE41E. After I
>> expericenced some windows problems I have upgraded the system software
>> (Windows Vista Home Premium OEMAct). Then my computer fell silent. When I
>> hover over the sound icon next to the clock. (bottom right hand corner) I
>> get the message "No Audio Output Device is installed." Before I upgraded
>> my Vista the device worked properly-previously I was using the same system
>> software.
>>
>> To solve the problem I have tried the following:
>> 1- In the control panel> Harware and sound > sound, it is indicated that
>> “No audio devices are installed”
>> 2- In the control panel> Device manager, under Sound, video and game
>> conrollers I have found SigmaTel High Definition Audio Codec. I have tried
>> to update the driver of this device by right clicking. I was notified that
>> “Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date”
>> 3- Afterwards I disabled and enabled the device. It did not solve the
>> problem.
>> 4- Afterwards I uninstalled the device and reinsalled it again in Device
>> manager. It did not work.
>> 5- I also visited the driver databse website (
>> http://www.driversdb.com/device.php?id=73047 ) no driver is offered for
>> this product for windows Vista (For other system software they do).
>> 6- VAIO website does also not offer drivers for this product.
>>
>> Can anyone help me to solve this problem?
>
> You won't like the answer. You have run afoul of the Vista DRM, you must
> completely erase the disk and reinstall. Of course you could just use XP.
>
What's your basis for this statement?? I cannot see how Digital Rights
Management could possibly nullify performance of the sound device.
It sounds like he simply has to run a setup program to install the
drivers for the actual SigmaTel HD audio device. I think OP needs a
driver for the device rather than just the codec. Besides a codec, a
computer needs a codec interface, otherwise known as a sound card.
Rather than searching for a "driver" for a Sigmatel HD Audio Codec, I'd
search Sony for Vista drivers for this specific computer. When I did
that, although Sony lists about 20 laptops in the FE series, there is NO
such thing as a VGN-FE41E. Nevertheless, when looking at some of the
other FE-series computers, one finds pages like this one,
http://tinyurl.com/36x7ww, for example, which list a lot of things that
must be installed to make the computer compatible with Vista. The one
that jumps out is the SonicStage update. My guess is that installing
that software will allow the SigmaTel device and speakers to be
recognized and function. Nevertheless, it's optimal to be able to
download something from the page for the specific computer. I therefore
hope that "VGN-FE41E" was a typo and that there is a valid model number
to guide Kadizade.
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