Some HP Mini 311 owners are reporting issues with sound while using their netbook.  If you’ve been experiencing this issue there is a fix you can try courtesy of MyHPMini.com:

Open Control Panel -> Device Manager. Go to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers. Choose the Nvidia nForce Serial ATA Controller.

Go to the Driver tab. Click Update Driver. Choose Browse my computer for driver software. Click Let me pick from list of device drivers.

Select the Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Click Next, Okay, or whatever it asks for, and you’re done.

The computer will need to reboot twice – once for the controller, and a second time to redetect the hard drive.

Remember that this is the kind of thing you do at your own risk and if you don’t know how to fix your netbook, please put it in the hands of someone who does.

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