I know it's silly, but check BOTH ends of all your cords... Things shake
loose sometimes.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Donk <d.knier...@verizon.net> wrote:
> **
>
>
> You haven't really done anything that would possibly cause your speakers
> (or sound chip) to break. So I would still think it's just a setting
> somewhere.
> PC makers usually put their own 3rd party sound drivers on new systems.
> So, I would check to see if there's another set of volume or mute
> options - other than XP's own settings. Look in Control Panel for a
> category other than XP's "Sound and Audio Devices" category. I have a
> Dell that shows a category called SigmaTel Audio. Yours may be called
> something different. You can look under Start, Programs too. Or even
> "Add Remove Programs in Control Panel". Your manual would likely tell
> you if there's 3rd party audio drivers installed.
>
> Anyway, it wouldn't be unheard of for a separate setting to mute the
> speakers and/or the ear bud jack. There are situations where you want
> to be listening to both the speakers and the buds at the same time.
> Poke around. :-)
>
> Donk
> Also - you can uninstall Windows updates in "Add/Remove Programs". In
> case you think it was a Windows update that broke the sound.
>
> On 8/22/2013 11:07 AM, thunderrz wrote:
> > Turned my HP laptop with XP off Tues night and the sound was fine. Next
> day no sound came from the speakers.
> > I tried system restore back to the time I had turned it on Tues, because
> I had done some Windows updates. Looked at all the sound and volume
> settings... Not mute & all high. Device mgr has no X or ! But I went to the
> audio driver and had it reinstall. Still nothing.
> >
> > Sounds fine through headphones. I found a forum where a bunch of people
> said their sound went off after using an external speaker. I had not done
> that. But I tried their advice... Push headphone in and out 20-30 times.
> Helped them but not me.
> >
> > The last 2 things I had done was to connect my cell by data cable to try
> to add ringtones (didn't work) and get pics off. Then I updated apps on
> iTunes and synced my gen 4 iPod.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
> >
> >
>
>
>
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