No sound on my computer, I've tried everything I can think of!?

Question

Here's what I know:
-I have an on-board sound card with an up-to-date driver
-Device manager says everything is working properly
-It is enabled in BIOS
-Nothing is muted
-My speakers work (tested them with iPod)& they have power -I've tried to connect them to every plug-in, including the headphones

The computer was a gift from someone after mine crashed. It has never had sound. I miss my music. Please help!

Thanks!

Answer 1

If device manager seems to think its running properly and everything is enabled then it might be worth testing it with another sound card. What sound card do you have? failing that there is a forum i use and have found to be the best around - as yahoo answers tends to throw back allot of nonsense (like the second answer). Heres the URL:

http://www.computing.net/forums/

Put the same question on there and someone should be able to help.

Answer 2

does it work with a different set of speakers/headphones? if it does, then its an issue with the speakers you are using.

have you set the system volume? if you're on a pc there should be a tiny speaker icon right next to the time taskbar (bottom right corner). double click on it and a window with the volume control will pop up. make sure that it is not muted and increase the volume. (volume control, wave, cd player, and synth) that should work.
if you can't find the icon on the taskbar go to control panel and click on sounds and audio devices. uncheck 'mute all sounds' and increase the volume.

if that still doesn't work, go to control panel, clikc on system, then on hardware and then on device manager. check that you have all auido codecs, audio drivers, and media control devices working properly...

Answer 3

Sounds like you covered everything. Have you tried hooking up the headphones and seeing if you can hear through them?

Are you sure you have the speakers/headphones plugged into the right computer socket? Maybe the "up to date" driver is not the right one. Is the computer running on XP or what?

Answer 4

Two things:

1/ Are you sure that you have the proper drivers?
2/ When you tested with the ipod, did you use the same cable? Maybe you have a bad cable.

Other than the above, maybe you have something wrong with the physical port on the PC...which is not easily changed.

Answer 5

Have you tried going to Controll panel / Sound / Devices and made sure your onboard card is selected.

Or try going into your bios usually by hitting Delete key while your booting up and looking for your onboard devices and making sure to see if your Onboard Sound is set as available.

Or you can buy yourself a Sound card they are really easy to install and youl get better sound from it.

Answer 6

Sounds lie the problem I was having.
Theres a cord that should connect to the back of the computer.
Mine was light green and it looked like a headphone jack. See if there are any cords unplugged that look like a headphone jack and find its matching color in your computer and plug it in.

Thats all I can really offer... hope it helps.

Answer 7

flow to regulate panel and type hardship taking pictures. Double click on hardship taking pictures and choose hardware and sound. that is going to help your gadget itself will attempt to discover the project and supreme it. Please have the internet connection, in case you prefer any updates from microsoft to replace your sound drivers., if any not known and corrupted. If the project isn't solved, pl attempt right here Please attempt the speaker settings sound supervisor settings in case you hear the sound, then ok. in any different case, in case you have muted the sound icon on your participant, then additionally that is possible that the sound does not be heard. If the two those have been checked, and nevertheless no sound, attempt to uninstall and reinstall the sound drivers, via going to the device supervisor settings, and (suitable click my laptop and click handle, and choose device supervisor interior the laptop administration)click on the arrow on Sound video and interest controllers, you will discover your sound device. purely suitable click, uninstall and click sure. Then reboot the laptop, and then verify if sound is heard. verify the connections to the laptop with the audio gadget, whether all the jockeys are securely outfitted interior the slots .ir decrease interior the twine via rat or bugs.

Answer 8

go to START>RUN
type in services.msc then enter

This will list all the services running on your computer, including Windows Audio, make sure this is enabled and running. Then Restart your media player. It should start working.

NOTE: You need administrator privilege to run services.msc.

Answer 9

check the device manager and see if there is a symbol by the sound devce or driver... second your sound card could just have gone bad

Answer 10

the only thin i can think of other than there may be a jumper wrong on the mobo ... is to try uninstalling the sounddevice in device manager and redetecting hardware ...