Technology And Components; Audio; Downloading The Audio Driver; Identifying The Audio Controller - Dell Inspiron 11-3169 Service Manual

Technology and components

Audio

The Inspiron 11-3169 is shipped with Realtek ALC3246 with Waves
MaxxAudio, which is the utility to adjust various audio settings.
NOTE: The audio drivers are already installed when you receive your
computer.

Downloading the audio driver

1 Turn on your computer.
2 Go to www.dell.com/support.
3 Click or tap Product support, enter the Service Tag of your computer,
and then click or tap Submit.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect
feature or manually browse for your computer model.
4 Click or tap Drivers & downloads → Find it myself.
5 Scroll down the page and expand Audio.
6 Click or tap Download to download the audio driver for your computer.
7 After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved
the audio driver file.
8 Double-click or double-tap the audio driver file icon and follow the
instructions on the screen to install the driver.

Identifying the audio controller

1 On the taskbar, click or tap the search box, and then type Device
Manager.
2 Click or tap Device Manager.
The Device Manager window is displayed.
3 Expand Sound, video and game controllers to view the audio controller.
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