I had some old speakers so I bought some new ones and they both have done the same exact thing... the sound is set right on the properties and I even uninstalled and reinstalled the soft ware one works with the head phones and the other without they don't work together for some reason. Yes it is plugged in correctly I have tried everything in the book to get them to work help me
2007-12-06 20:47:54 · 9 answers · asked by american_idol_fan15 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
No, you did not do everything in the book - as you say.
In fact, you did not read any book at all.
If you did, you would have known that:
Your motherboard came with a CD; it has sound card built in; it has drivers for the sound card; if you installed a sound card you have to disable the built in first (separate procedure); the sound card you installed came with its own CD; you have install that and its drivers. or you can download all of this from the respective manufacturer's websites.
So you see.............
You did not read the book. Anyway, now that I have told you try it. It will work now. I am quite confident of that.
2007-12-06 20:57:14 · answer #1 · answered by Nightrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are the speakers amplified or passive? Amplified speakers need a power source (usually from the mains, but sometimes from a USB port), but can accept a weak signal. Passive speakers don't need a power source, but they work only with strong signals. Most on-motherboard sound cards are designed to work with amplified speakers. The signal they put out is too weak to drive passive speakers satisfactorily. Most PCI sound cards are amplified and will work satisfactorily with amplified or passive speakers.
To test the speakers, feed some other source (walkman, MP3 player or similar) through them and make sure the speakers are actually converting electricity to sound.
If the speakers work, then try plugging a pair of headphones straight into your motherboard / sound card (being right next to your ear should help you hear even a very weak signal) and see if any sound is coming from the computer.
Have you upgraded any software recently?
2007-12-07 05:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by sparky_dy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may be a completely different problem to what i had but you may as well try this out anyway...
Go my computer, go system information(in top left), go hardware, go device manager, then look on the tab called 'sound, video and game controllers' or something like that. If there is one with a yellow warning sign thing click disable then after that enable it again. For some reason i have to do this sometimes when the sound dont work
2007-12-07 04:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What kind of speakers? Are you trying to get both sets to work together or just one of the two sets to work at all?
2007-12-07 04:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by Top Alpha Wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for the icon from your soundcard on the bottum (right) from your screen, right click on it and choose Surround Mixer and check if the settings are right
2007-12-07 05:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by ferdybossy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there !
After the excellent reply from "nightriders avatar" and "Tom", I dont want to add anything. They have answered in the most perfect way...
best wishes !
2007-12-07 05:56:15 · answer #6 · answered by suresh k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is there a number in the book to ring?
2007-12-07 04:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You please call an service manager.
2007-12-07 06:44:02 · answer #8 · answered by Bavya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fire them
2007-12-07 04:53:39 · answer #9 · answered by ケチャッパー 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋