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> Now to reboot and see if the microphone returns to life.

Nope. No speakers either. Looks like the laptop's built-in audio card has failed, though what occurred prior to the reboot suggests that it MIGHT work sporadically.

I'm not sure what to do about this. Have any of you ever heard of an external sound card for a laptop?

I'm probably going to have to buy a new one. Rats... There are some things I don't understand about my computer - such as where it stores Minecraft files. Moving them to a new box may be beyond me, forcing me to start over. @#$! I really hate that. Microsoft is probably doing this to me on purpose to force me to use its #$@!'ing ONEDRIVE.




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My laptop is on the fritz...
By: Decomposed
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Mon, 19 Dec 22 4:02 PM
Msg. 38430 of 58639

I'm having computer problems this morning.

I had to have a blood panel done this A.M. so I shut down the laptop and headed into town. When I got back, the laptop's microphone was no longer recognized.

I've had this happen before. Many times, in fact. Usually at least once a month. Twice this month. It's happened with such frequency that I've documented exactly what to do and have always blamed Microsoft, assuming that an update had been sent my way.

Today though, the fix (re-installing the audio driver) isn't working. I've tried repeatedly, each time getting a driver installation failure and . . . I just tried again, 90 minutes after the first failure . . . and now it appears to have worked.

Weird... Very weird. Now to reboot and see if the microphone returns to life. See, without the microphone, Dragon Naturally Speaking won't start. That's why I'm currently posting without my usual templates...


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