strange sound issues

chriss2-0

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ok some time ago i stopped using my laptop speakers (too quiet) put go get the usb speaker to work i had to disable the on-board device.

the problem is after some time iv found that the laptop cant see it and its not listed in the device manager
at first i thought that it had broke, but the weird thing is sometimes when i start up it decides to work and works well.

so in a nutshell my laptop thinks that there is "no audio device installed" but their is and it works!

how do i fix?
 

games_maxed

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Some places to start would be check to see if your usb speaker is the default audio device, which I'm sure it is. It might also be a driver issue. What is the make and model of the usb speaker?
 

chriss2-0

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its an unbranded cheapy from tesco
 

games_maxed

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Oh, well that could cause some problems. Do you have any thing else that could be used for speakers around the house? Just to isolate the problem.