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Question posted by indikagcc2012 on October 3rd, 2012

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my compaq 420 laptop sound not hear how to solve this problem

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Answer #1: Posted by hzplj9 on October 3rd, 2012 10:26 AM

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Possibly the sound driver is corrupt. Without specifics it is difficult to give a solution. However this is a link to HP for your laptop. There is troubleshooting and drivers available. I suggest re-installing the sound driver unless it it is proved to be a set-up issue.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SupportTaskIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=4158445&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0013

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