Is there anyway to find out what kind of sound card your laptop has?

My sound isn't working right is sounds like a out of range radio station. I don't think I have the right driver for the sound card. The computer is a acer aspire 7100. Can anyone help or tell me where to look to figure out what kind of sound card I have?

Is there anyway to find out what kind of sound card your laptop has?
I use Everest Free Edition to identify the hardware in computers. You can get it here:





http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.h...





Just install that and then go into the hardware profiler. It is pretty straightforward.
Reply:u wud hav got an cd with ur laptop of drivers.insert that disc.then open the propeties of my computer in that u'll find a tab named harware click that then open device manager%26gt;sounds,videos....then click this%26gt;right click on audio codecs then %26gt;update driver...i know it's a long process but it will work
Reply:There are three after market programs.


Belarc http://www.Belarc.com


Everest 1.51 http://oldversion.com/program.php?n=ever...


SIW http://www.gtopala.com/


You could also try


Start%26gt; Run%26gt; MSinfo32


or


Start%26gt; Run%26gt; DxDiag
Reply:Read The Friendly Manual (RTFM) for your Acer.





If the sound never worked, call Acer.





If it started to act up recently, try a set of desktop speakers to see if they sound they way they should. If not, you may have blown the speakers or deleted the drivers, OR you have malware.
Reply:Most laptops have integrated sound. The best idea would be to search the Acer website and see if they carry the sound drivers for their laptop.





You can check to see if your laptop uses integrated sound or has a dedicated sound card by going into the device manager. You can access the device manager by right clicking on My Computer and then going to "Properties"
Reply:PCI ESS Solo 1 Sound System


integrated audio chipset, can't find much info on it, even the company that makes it, ESS, has a crappy site


http://www.esstech.com/techsupp/drivers....





http://www.acersupport.com/desktop/aspir...





also the acer website has the 7100 as a desktop, what gives?