We all very often use our computers for entertainment. Watching a movie, a TV series or playing a game on a laptop is a common thing on weekends or after work. But for all this, you need sound. If you do not know how to adjust the sound on your computer, then this article is for you.

Any application or game is always accompanied by sound effects.

The first thing to start with is to make sure that the sound is on or that the volume is high enough to hear it. On the right, in the lower corner of the screen, on the taskbar, you can find an icon depicting a speaker. By clicking on it with the left mouse button, you will see a scale on which the sound level is displayed. By moving it higher or lower (on new systems left and right), you can turn it up or down.

In case you use additional audio equipment - speakers, check the correctness of their physical connection to the computer. It may be that everything is correctly connected to the appropriate connector, however, the device does not produce sound. The problem may be that this device is not selected in the PC audio settings. To correct this unfortunate misunderstanding, right-click on the same icon with the speaker and in the appeared menu select “Playback devices”. If you have several devices in this list, then try assigning them to reproducing another. Select the desired in the list, click "Properties". In the window that opens, on the “General” tab, set “Use this device (on)” in the item “Use a device”. By switching to the adjacent “Levels” tab, you can adjust the speaker volume level. To check the sound, go to the "Advanced" tab. There you will find the button "Check", clicking on which you can hear the sound from the device you selected earlier. Be sure to check the sound level on the speakers themselves, adjusting everything in the system, it may be that the volume control on the audio equipment is set to minimum.

The next nuance when setting up sound on a PC is, of course, drivers, very often the problem lies in them. Without properly installed drivers, your computer hardware will not work as it should. To figure out whether this is really the case - open the "Control Panel", then "Hardware and Sound" and click "Device Manager". After that, you will see a window with a list of almost all the hardware of your PC. In this list, you need to find "Sound, game and video devices."

If such an item is present, and there is an exclamation mark next to it - this means that the driver is missing or does not work correctly. All you need to do is install the appropriate driver. You can download it on the website of the manufacturer of your laptop. If you are using a stationary PC, you will have to search by the sound card model. To facilitate the task you can special software, which itself finds all the necessary drivers, one of these utilities is Everest. Reinstalling may also fix the problem if you installed the driver earlier. It may be that a simple update will fix all the troubles.

If this item is completely absent - it may mean that either you have a computer without a sound card (which is, of course, unlikely), or the PC does not see the sound card or it is faulty. Here you need to check the card for performance, and if it does not work, replace it with another one. There is another option - try to turn on the device through the BIOS. More on this method below.

Another option is when all system sounds work as they should, but for some reason there is no sound while watching a video. It's all about codecs. Installation of audio and video players, for example, VLC Media Player, KMP, can solve this problem. Download the K-Lite Codec Pack. After installation, the sound in the video should appear, just do not forget to specify the desired application in the video file properties, which will play it.

Now let's move on to the above setting in the BIOS. In general, it should be noted that this is extremely rare, since by default the sound card is on. However, anything can happen. To go to the BIOS, you need to press a certain key or a combination of them when turning on the PC. As a rule, this is F2 or Delete, however, there are other options. It all depends on the brand of laptop manufacturer. Find this information can be on the Internet. Now that you have entered the BIOS, you need to find the “Integrated Peripherals” item or something similar to this, since, depending on the version, the names may differ. In the list that opens, select the desired audio device and check if it is turned on. Nearby you can change “Disabled” to “Enabled” or “Auto” (automatically). Better install “Enabled”.

You can adjust the sound on your computer not only using the built-in tools. When installing drivers, often installed special software to control sound parameters. Such a program is Realtek HD. You can find it on the taskbar or just enter a name in the search. In the window of this utility you will see all the information about the connected audio devices and their parameters that can be changed.

The next possible reason for the lack of sound is viruses. In today's world there is such a huge number of the most diverse viral software that it is simply impossible not to consider this option when something differently works on a computer. Be sure to install high-quality, and most importantly, licensed antivirus software and stay tuned for updates. There is a sufficient number of powerful free antiviruses on the market, so if you don’t want to spend money on it, it’s not necessary to install pirated software.

If none of these tips helped, then your PC's sound card may be faulty and you should replace it or send the laptop to “clean”, where it is thoroughly dust-proof, this can also help solve the problem.

As you can see, there are quite a lot of nuances in setting up sound on a PC, as well as the problems that arise with it. The solution of each of them is nothing complicated and does not take much time, the only thing that is important is to find exactly the right way. Write in the comments your opinion about whether the article helped you and about your experience in such situations.