# Audio drivers vanished **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592 "2007-04-13T11:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/1 "2007-04-13T11:22:13Z")
So for some reason my laptop decided to get rid of my audio drivers… A) how do i fix b) why did it happen ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/2 "2007-04-13T11:34:32Z")
try restoring to a previous date. Hard to say…everything is onboard the MB. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/3 "2007-04-13T11:36:36Z")
This happened to me also 2 nights ago. I determined it was because of a windows update that was run. I rolled back to a week earlier ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/4 "2007-04-13T11:40:35Z")
Yeah could be a windows update that was recently released. We have been getting a lot of calls with people getting errors about relocated DLLs. The only thing we can determine is the update ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/5 "2007-04-13T12:06:57Z")
microsoft sucks aren’t you guys my vendor? blah blah…no lady microsoft messed up your computer, call them and whine ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/6 "2007-04-13T12:29:46Z")
:tup: system restore fixed er up ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/7 "2007-04-13T12:30:57Z")
megahurtz got stoled, reboot ---
**Author:** ![MaXiMuS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximus/32/4971_2.png) [@MaXiMuS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaXiMuS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/8 "2007-04-13T13:39:33Z")
either that or just find your driver/restore cd and get the drivers and reinstall from there, otherwise download the drivers from OEM website ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/9 "2007-04-13T13:50:16Z")
Yeah, I wouldn’t rollback the update, because windows update is still going to push it back down. Go download the driver and reinstall. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/10 "2007-04-13T14:00:26Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:9,topic:27592"”] Yeah, I wouldn’t rollback the update, because windows update is still going to push it back down. Go download the driver and reinstall. [/quote] hopefully by then microsoft will have fixed the problem… with another update. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/11 "2007-04-14T10:03:49Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:9,topic:27592"”] Yeah, I wouldn’t rollback the update, because windows update is still going to push it back down. Go download the driver and reinstall. [/quote] The audio driver on DELL’s website doesn’t/didn’t work. I guess I’ll try to find the OEM CD ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audio-drivers-vanished/27592/12 "2007-04-14T10:30:34Z")
Boot up in safe mode and make sure there are no ghost drivers in device manager (ones that don’t show up in normal boot, but do in safe mode). Remove any you find, reboot, reinstall drivers in normal mode.