my speakers wont play sound but they used to, please help?

Question

hi there my pc worked relativly fine and then 1 day i turn it on and my speakers just dont work with my computer so i call up altec lansing and they ask if it works with another device i plug the speakers into my ipod and what do u know they work fine plug them back in my pc and nothing. i have no idea what happened or what i did. can anyone help me with this problem? ive tried everyhting on my pc from cd music to downloaded songs to system sounds and games nothing works but if u turn the speakers up to their max volume there seems to be a low kinda wind sound any help is aprreciated ty in advance

hi there my pc worked relativly fine and then 1 day i turn it on and my speakers just dont work with my computer so i call up altec lansing and they ask if it works with another device i plug the speakers into my ipod and what do u know they work fine plug them back in my pc and nothing. i have no idea what happened or what i did. can anyone help me with this problem? ive tried everyhting on my pc from cd music to downloaded songs to system sounds and games nothing works but if u turn the speakers up to their max volume there seems to be a low kinda wind sound any help is aprreciated ty in advance



thanks danuitti
i ipod headphones dont work in the green drive all the wires on the speaker are fine but when i try to go to control panel and add the sound thing to my desktop it says its not installed and i need to go to add or remove programs to fix it can u help me with installing the sound control thing?

hey thanks for helping out guys i went to the altec site i have the avs300 but there is no dirver for it or for windows xp professional which is what i have

Answer 1

Let's go over a few things.

- when plugged into the wall, they don't light up when turned on, like before.
- plug fell out
- software has disabled sound card
- dog chewed speaker wire
- plug not in GREEN JACK... fell out, but put in wrong jack
- cat chewed speaker wire
- software has been set to MUTE

Open the Control Panel and pick SOUND. Check the settings. Look for the volume control near the clock on your task bar. Check the settings.

Try a different headset in your computer's speaker jacks. The iPod earphone should work.

It's all a matter of swapping things in and out to figure out what has gone wrong, but the Sound Card might be DEAD.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 2

your sound card drivers have become corrupted, you will need to reinstell them, you should have got a disc with the pc called drivers and utilities or similar, insert this and install the drivers or go to the manufacturers web site and get them there under downloads

Answer 3

Go to device manager and UN install sound driver then restart computer a new driver will be installed automatically.