Laptop Internal Speakers Have Gone All Crackley

[joko]

Over the last few days I have noticed my internal laptop speakers have gone crackly and buzzy and wont play clearly.

It happens also when i plug in headphones too

any ideas why and how i can sort it out

thanks

[bazwillrun]

At a rough guess sounds like a driver issue.
Assuming Windows Control Panel > System > sound then re-install drivers
or maybe you have a OEM repair disk/partition that you can reinstall from.

[joko]

thanks - it says they are up to date - but should I uninstall, then reinstall?

i was about to but then it warned me - i dont want to be unable to reinstall it

[bazwillrun]

yes, uninstall , re-boot and then install

[bazwillrun]

forgot to say, they may be uptodate but they may have got corrupted.
are they generic drivers or what ? see if you can get the latest version from the manufaturers site.

[beso]

The sound circuits in most laptops are complete rubbish.

Buy an external USB sound card. If it is headphones you want just buy a decent USB headset.