I had to restore my Studio 1555 because of some shutdown issues. Ran diagnostics to see if h/w problems existed off the Dell Partition, nothing found, so I reloaded. After to Windows/7 64Bit Home Premium reload, I reloaded the Drivers Cd, tehn the SounblasterX-fi CD - and it wanted an newer version and I "OK'ed" it.
Since the reload and after having all the Windows atches and related patches loaded, I noticed no sound. When I run the Trouble shooter it come back, and works fine, until I re-boot. Then right back to dead sound. It wants to force me to external speakers. I reloaded the Drivers from Dell (R261324) but that didn't seem to resolve things either.
So do I blow away the SoundBlaster S/W?
Any ideas (short of wiping and reloading again, are appreciated.