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My sound isn't working

DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
My PC's sound is on the fritz somehow.

My speakers and headphones aren't recieving any output from my sound card. Windows says my card is working fine. I opened the case and had a look, everything seems solid, everything is firmly in place, but still nothing.

My sound was working the last time I used my computer (as in before moving). Perfectly.

Nothing new has been installed, my drivers are all good, there's no hardware conflict, windows says the card is working peachily, and it's still not doing a goddamn thing, and it's starting to get just a little bit frustrating.

Also, I checked the speakers with other outputs (an ipod) and they worked fine. The issue seems to be with the card itself.

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  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    12 views and 0 replies means that other people are just as lost as me, right?

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  • AtomBombAtomBomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I had one where (I think) one of the output jacks shorted out and the right channel was gone. Headphones or speakers, I got no sound out of the right side. This was onboard, so I just added a PCI card.

    Try unhooking the leads to your headphone jack (if it's on the tower, don't do anything to the headphone jack on the speakers). If it's having issues it can mute the system.

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  • zhen_roguezhen_rogue Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Start - Settings - Control Panel - Sounds and Audio Devices - Volume tab - Device volume - Advanced - make sure none of the master volume settings have 'mute' checked at the bottom.

    You could also try un-installing the driver to your sound card and re-installing it fresh.

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  • an_altan_alt Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    If you have an onboard sound card along with a carded sound card and if so, that the onboard one is disabled in the bios.

    Some machines, for some odd reason will flip it on every now and again which can prevent the sound card from working without giving any particular indication in Windows.

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  • The Space PopeThe Space Pope Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Check if windows audio service is working right.

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