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 The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com