[SOLVED] "High Definition Audio Controller" could not be started. "No audio devices installed." The Device Manager has no controller "Sound and video game. Information system has nothing under "audio devices".

Hello

I've had my laptop for 2 or 3 years, and the sound was always very well. Yesterday morning my computer came suddenly with the sound with a red X icon. She was not dumb, and yet no sound came. The sound options show that no audio or recording devices are installed (for disabled AND disconnected devices). There is no 'of sound devices or video game"in Device Manager. Information system shows no information (empty) under its device. However, in Device Manager, under system devices, "High Definition Audio Controller" has a yellow caution icon and cannot start.
I have not installed a new OS or anything recently.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545
Windows 7 Home Premium
Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601 Build 7601)
Pentium Dual-Core CPU
64-bit operating system
I tried:
  • Relocation and reactivation of "High Definition Audio Controller". I rebooted. No change.
  • Go to the Dell website, download audio drivers for my label service and installation. We decompress in the drivers folder and nothing happens. One will be unzip, try to take me by another plant for IDT Audio and then say 'the hardware found is not supported by this IDT' and is abandoned. I rebooted. No change.
  • Install drivers in safe mode. I rebooted. No change.
  • In administrative tools > Services, I found "Windows Audio". He had started and was on "auto". Six of its dependencies (3 parents, 3 children) had started and were to "automatic".
  • I looked at the system restore. There was a "critical update" this morning here. I restored to a point before update and restarted. No change.
  • Looked in the BIOS for an option on the sound, but could not find one. Restore the BIOS default and rebooted. No change.
  • Ran Microsoft Fix It I rebooted. No change.
  • By clicking on the audio task bar icon runs the diagnostic window thing. It detects a problem with the description: "material changes may not have been detected.
  • Put on the headphones. Nothing changes.
I'll probably have to do a fresh install, am I not?
I would be very grateful if you could help, thanks.
Jerome

Right, I fixed it myself.

So I uninstalled "High Definition Audio Controller".
But this time, instead of just turning it back on and let it install it himself, I clicked on "Analysis of the hardware changes" (under the Action). He finds that a new device called PCI something under other devices.

Then I open up Windows Update and click on search for new updates (it also analyzes the drivers) and I think it just automatically reinstall "controller Audio high definition" and then there was no problem of yellow warning sign thing.

If it does not, simply play in Device Manager with looking for changes on the hardware and the update of bollocks.

If you're still stuck, try "Add inherited harware" (this will install an OLD device), click Advanced, click on "sound devices" and video games, wait a while, find a suitable device and continue the process...

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