If you’re not hearing anything from the speakers at all, there can be a few reasons at play. For example, incorrect configurations, outdated sound drivers, damaged hardware components, or the audio is simply on mute to name a few.
But thankfully, there are many effective solutions you may try that you find convenient. So, let’s move on to some more causes and how to fix laptop speakers not working.
How to Fix Windows Laptop Speakers Not Working?
Before moving on with the solutions, first test the speakers. Right-select the speaker icon on your taskbar. You’ll see a small pop-up window with settings. Click on thePlaybacktab. Now, right-click onSpeakersand click onTest. Windows will play sounds on both sides of the speaker.
Troubleshoot Audio Issues
This troubleshooting feature helps fix any minor bugs and errors in the audio system. Here’s how you may do it:
Update/Reinstall Sound Driver
Since the audio driver monitors audio inputs and outputs, updating or reinstalling a new driver can be one effective solution. Giving your sound driver a refresh can help resolve bugs and errors if there are software-related issues with the speakers. So, here’s how you may reinstall andupdate your audio driver:
Usually, after rebooting the PC, Windows automatically installs any missing drivers. However, if your PC is unable to find the driver, you’ll be directed to a website where you may install the latest version of the driver.
Set Speaker as Default Device
If your laptop speakers are disabled or not set as the default device, it won’t play any sound. If you aren’t sure how this happened, someone else might’ve changed the setting. However, you may always check and set your speakers as the default device to let it play sounds again. Here’s how you can do it:
Disable Audio Enhancements
Audio enhancement is a feature to improve the quality of the audio on your laptop. However, it can lead to unwanted errors sometimes due to bugs. In such cases, even Microsoft recommends you turn it off to fix errors. Here’s how you may disable audio enhancements:
you may now try playing any audio and see if this works.
Restart Your Audio Services
