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You have a sound card and a set of speakers, but for the
life of you, you cannot get them to work. Most of the time,
this is caused by carelessness. Though it sounds idiotic,
the first step is to check the connections. Most people accidentally
plug the speaker jack into the Line-in Jack of the sound card.
Check to see if this is not so in your case. If you have amplified
speakers, make sure that the power is on and mute is not.
The next step is to see where the trouble lies. Many-a-times,
people spend hours trying to fix a system that hasn’t
broken. Check to see if the speakers work properly before
trying to troubleshoot your system. Do this by connecting
the speakers to a music system or radio. If they do, the problem
is definitely system related.
The first thing to do now is to check the volume levels in
the system. Check the volume controller in the system tray
and also open the advanced audio controls to make sure that
all is well-nothing is muted or at really love levels Now
use several multimedia applications to play various media
files to insure that the problem is truly system related,
and not limited to a particular application or file. If you
find that only a certain application has the problem, such
as Windows Media Player or Winamp, reinstall it.
If all this is to no avail, go to the system properties [Windows]
+ [Pause/Break] or right-click on my computer and select Properties
and in device manager make sure that sound card is installed
properly. Look for a yellow exclamation mark, if it present,
you will have to reinstall the drivers.
If you have an integrated sound card that is disabled in
the BIOS, then Windows will not be able to detect it. Refer
to your motherboard manual, and find out how to enable the
same. Usually it is present under the advanced peripherals
section in BIOS.
If you have access to another PC, plug the sound card into
that system, and check if it is working. If the problem persists,
off to a technician you go.
Prakash Bengani is a computer hardware expert , for more
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About the Author:
Article by Prakash Bengani.
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