
Double-click the BIOS setup file and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.įor additional troubleshooting assistance, reference the following Dell Knowledgebase article: How to Troubleshoot Audio or Sound Recording Issues.Open File Explorer and browse to the location where the downloaded file is saved.Click Download and save the file to your computer.Select the Operating System that is installed on the Dell computer.Or, click Browse all products and select your Dell computer from the catalog.Enter the Service Tag of the laptop and click Search.For more information, see the Dell knowledge base article Dell SupportAssist (formerly Dell System Detect): Overview and Common Questions. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Dell SupportAssist. Click Download & Install SupportAssist to auto-detect your Dell computer.

in some cases, the simple windows troubleshooting system may partially fix some of the issues, but don't count on it.NOTE: To learn more about downloading and installing the latest Dell driver on a Dell computer, see the Dell knowledge base article How to Download and Install Dell Drivers. In conclusion, in most cases the OS is at fault directly for the major sound issues that are very hard to track/fix. Improvisations like disabling all effects will have bad consequences, like lower volume or even undistinguishable audio. Disabling specific things like Dolby, DTS or EAX may partially make things better. If you can't find go back to Control Panel, change top-right 'View by:' to Large Icons.

Generally, sound is harder to tweak assuming it functions relatively correctly initially. In the search box on the taskbar, type control panel, and then select Control Panel.

Issues like auto-volume reduction are still unfixed practically. But there are way more functionality problems. In the newer 8.X and 10 versions, it's even a worse quality (but not that of a big decrease like from XP to Vista/7). Even good tweakers like SRS lost a lot of possibilities.

If sound could be considered quite of good quality in XP, in Vista and 7 it lost a lot of quality due to the multiple OS layers interfering with the actual sound card functionality. Open Realtek Hd Audio Manager Click on Device Advanced Settings in the top right corner, in blue Under Playback Devices, click on Make front and rear output. Overall sound quality and functionality decreased with each major windows version since XP.
