Several companies -- including Creative Labs -- make sound devices that
will attach via a USB port.  I would first try to resolve the problem with
the internal sound circuitry, but if that fails....

David Gillett


On 18 Aug 2005 at 13:27, Maurice J. Reid wrote:

> I was asked a question by a friend who has an HP ZE5400 laptop Pentium
> IV. He suddenly completely lost sound. Everything else is working
> find. He could not give me any more specs than mentioned above. If it
> was desk top I might have been able to help, but my knowledge of lap
> tops is limited to which part of the anatomy you place them on. My
> guess is that his sound card is wasted. I do know that, regarding the
> inside of a laptop, there are limited repairs that can be done by the
> user or even a local shop. If there is a relatively simple or
> inexpensive solution possibility, this is about the best place I know
> to find out. Thanks in advance,
>
> Maurice Reid

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