Dell G7 Internal Speakers Disabled

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Kent Sugden

When I turned on my G7 running Windows 10 today, there was a red X on the speaker icon and it said "No audio playback devices detected" or something along those lines. I tried Method 1 at How to fix No Audio Output Device Is Installed error In Windows 10 . This made headphones show up on audio devices, but not the internal speakers. In device manager > System Settings I scanned HD Audio Driver for hardware changes, and it reinstalled Intel SST which had disappeared during the earlier step. Now the red X is back, and headphones no longer work. I'm back at square 1. All audio drivers are up to date. How do I get the laptop to recognize its own speaker or headphones?


Another question I have is how do I enable the "what audio device did you plug in" dialog box? I clicked "Don't show this again," thinking it would automatically switch to headphones or internal speakers when I plugged or unplugged. It doesn't, and I always had to go into sound settings to change devices. That was before the red X problem, and assuming that can be fixed I'd like to undo my choice not to see that dialog box.


Thanks,

Kent

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