my computer sound isnt working?

Question

ive done the trouble shooter thingy and even re-installed a device driver but its still not working...any suggestions. and yes it is turned on and restarting it wont work...ive tried

Answer 1

WOW. Lots of guesses, no real answers, at least no good ones. Ok.
1. Try pluging the speakers in to your home stero headphone jack. Make sure to plug them into the wall as well, most computer speakers have a small amplifier built in that requires being pluged into the wall, or in some cases they have batteries.

Ok, now you know if your speakers work.

2. Bring the speakers back to the computer. Plug them into the jack that says speakers. If color coded, it should be the green one. Plug the other plug into the wall as it was over at your home stereo. Ok, now do you have any sound? No, ok.. Lets go on to #3.

3. Right click "My Computer" on the desktop -> scroll down and click on "Properties" -> click on "Device Manager". Do you see any red X's or yellow !'s? If so than you have a driver issue, you'll need to completly uninstall your current driver, and either re-install the driver from a CD that came with the sound card, or hunt down the driver online. Hunting for drivrs online can seem tedious and unproductive, but eventually it pays off. First search the manufacturer website for your sound cards most current driver. If no success there the next place to go is http//www.driverguide.com ,sign up for a free membership, and start searching, if you can find a driver that gives you something, the next thing to do is run windows update, and see if windows can find a more current version. If no red x's or yellow !'s than go to #4

4. Click on Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices. Ok, make sure that there is no check in the box next to mute, the volume slider is at least 3/4 of the way towards high, and there is a check next to place volume icon in task panel. Double click on the volume icon down next to the clock in the corner. Make sure the sliders are all up, and no check marks in any of the mute boxes.

Ok, now you should have figured it out and the problem should be fixed, or at least know why the problem isn't fixed.

If not, I recomend taking it to a tech. It may just be that someone with more patience and access needs to do a more thorough search for your sound drivers. Good luck.

Answer 2

1. Check the status in the "control panel" under "system". Then go to "hardware manager" in Win2k or "device manager" in XP. Then check for a yellow question mark next to audio hardware. If there are no hardware problems then the situation is not one that your system recognizes.

2. Switch to headphones and see if those work. Headphones do not require power and eliminates your speakers as a problem it there is no sound in the headphones.

3. If the sound card in built into your motherboard then you need to disable it in the BIOS setup and add a PCI based one or USB connect outboard sound card. If the soundcard in already a PCI one then you need to replace it. PCI sound cards are cheap. Any soundblaster compatible one should work no problem. Remember to remove any special sound card or motherboard software. The new may not work with the old software and in fact cause problems with starting the new card up when you reboot after installing the new drivers and software.

Answer 3

It may be the speakers or connections, but what software are you trying to play with. Windows media 11 causes problem download a free copy of Real Player and try it. Check setting in sounds on control panel to be sure right hardware is chosen and all setting are right with mute not checked. Go to my computer and right click, chose disk management and see if any of the sound items are showing an orange exclamation mark.

Answer 4

Try blowing out the jack plug at the back of the computer, then cleaning the metal part of the plug. If that doesn't work its either your speakers are not in working order or the driver you are installing does not support the operating system or speakers.

Answer 5

if you have a speaker separate maybe the wire is unplugged? Or you can click on the bottom icon for speaker then a box comes up that lets you drag the volume sounds then click OK. It happens to mine sometimes too.

Answer 6

First Question: Has the sound ever worked on this computer?

Second Question: What operating system are you using???

Please let us know with a follow-up and that should help us answer your question.

Answer 7

Go to accessories>Entertainment>Volume Control and check that the mute option should be unchecked.
Otherwise contact your dealer for tesring you speakers.

Answer 8

Check all the connections first. Go to control panel>sounds and audi devices and check everything is unmuted.

Answer 9

theres a wire going from the speaker to the computer check that

Answer 10

try reinstalling the sound drivers for your sound card they could be curropted or even check your properties and see if they are muted