why aren't my speaker's working?!?

Question

they were working fine until now. everything is plugged in right, the volume on the computer and the speaker is up. even if i turn my speaker up to the highest setting, and everything else up to the highest on my computer, you can only hear a faint sound..

Answer 1

Ive had the same problem before. Chances are, you have some cheap speakers. Try hitting them. That always worked for me

Answer 2

1. your speaker is out of order, try to change your speaker.
2. the speaker jack is in the wrong place but you think it's right, the right hole is the green one.
3. You've muted your speaker volume, it's a green check on the bottom-left of each box of volume control, unchecked it.
4. your sound card is out of order, do as Ben say.
5. More than one audio program conflict with each other, restart your computer, and the problem will be fixed automatically.
6. Go get some professional technician support.

Answer 3

Eliminate the source of the problem if you can.

1- check to see that the speakers will produce sound if plugged into another device (MP3 player, cd player, other computer, whatever) If they don't, there is a problem with the wiring or speakers themselves.
2 - check to see if other speakers into your comp work if you have any. If not, looks like you are going to need to go after the volume settings or the sound card... volume settings could be lowered for a variety of outputs.... I am sure you checked, but it is good to double check.

Answer 4

First, go to Start -> Control Panel. Click the tab for audio or sound devices, and go into system sound. Alot of the time we accident mute or turn the volume really low, or the application itself will confuse the system and force it to do that. Check those systems.

If that doesn't work, search through all computer components for a Multimedia Controller. If it has a yellow "?", then turn it off, and volume should resume. Although it's a quick fix, it should work.

Answer 5

Could be lots of things.

Power and speaker connections all plugged in tight?

Check ALL volume control settings.

Did you do any Micro$oft Updates recently? sometimes they play with your perfectly good drivers.

If all else is well, your speakers or your sound card could be blown. Borrow somebody's speakers and plug them into your computer to test the sound card/chip.

Answer 6

This happens to me sometimes and what I do to clear it is; I roll my mouse to Programs at the start menu, then to accessories, then to system tools. Under system tools click, Information. A system information window will pop up. On the left side top you will see, Tools and under tools open the Direct X Diagnostic Tool (this Direct X tool takes a minute or two to open) and open that window. You will now see a sound tab in a group of tabs. Click that sound tab and you will see: "test direct sound button". Click that button as its job is to test your sound system. It also helps clear any conflicts in your system that might be blocking your sound from working. As a computer repair person and long time computer user doing this procedure has worked about 90% of the time for me. Hope this helped.

Answer 7

I don't see no Direct X diagnostic tool!!!
Start-Control Panel-Add Hardware-click yes to already added hardware-choose your soundcard from the list(creative soundblaster PCI for example) click on it, when it asks to connect to internet,select"yes this time only" next,let it do it's thing

If that don't help, contact the manufacturer of PC or soundcard to get the drivers.

OK I found that Direct X diagnostic tool, that's some cool information!!!! Thanks Shellback!! I'd recomend trying it, it will also help you get WHQL drivers too.

Answer 8

right click on your "My Computer" icon, select Properties and click on Hardware, then click on Device Manager, and next expand on "Sound,video,game controller" and see whether there is anything error warning sign there.