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Subject: No sound.
Posted by: balls
- [448331614] Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 10:50
I am running microsoft millenium and I have no sound. Yes, I do have the speakers turned on. When I go to the control panel and then the sound option, the adjustable slide bar is stuck in the lowest position. It doesn't allow me to adjust it like it once use to.
Any help in getting this thing turned back on would be appreciated. |
| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 10:52
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I assume you've tried rebooting? It's amazing how many problems that fixes.
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| 2 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 41831612
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 11:03
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If rebooting doesn't work, I'd reinstall the sound card driver/software. That usually works.
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| 3 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 41831612
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 11:04
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Oh----and make sure no one turned the speakers off. Obvious thing, but it happens. Also make sure the plug/wire didn't come loose.
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| 4 | balls
ID: 448331614
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 11:21
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I have rebooted and reinstalled the sound card/drivers/software many times already. I even bought a new sound card but that didn't work.
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| 5 | Perm Dude
Dude
ID: 030792616
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 11:31
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Did you whack it on the side of the case? OK, that really doesn't work, but it'll feel good. And you'll finally get sound out of your computer!
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| 6 | balls
ID: 448331614
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 11:40
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lol....I did that a couple of times already too. I've cursed at it a few times as well.
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| 7 | Cosmo's Cod Piece
ID: 481152817
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 18:20
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Did you look to see if "mute all" was checked in Volume Control? You have no idea how many game installs I've done that did that on older versions of Windows.
I would think your problem is more software than hardware, but did your computer come with integrated sound and now you're using a sound card?
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| 8 | Addicted
Dude
ID: 4611592518
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 19:23
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I had a colleague with the same problem.
He had installed, and reinstalled and still no sound.
I finally told him to remove the sound card through the device manager, and then reboot and let Windows discover and install the drivers.
Sounds works now.
--Addicted--
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| 9 | balls
ID: 591161420
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 19:59
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mute all is not checked. The slide bar to adjust the sound is frozen at the lowest setting...which might as well as be mute.
did your computer come with integrated sound and now you're using a sound card?
Yes, that is the case.
Addicted, I think I've done that already but I will give it a shot.
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| 10 | Cosmo's Cod Piece
ID: 481152817
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 20:21
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balls: Try it then using the integrated sound card and see how that works. I wonder if some oddball setting got jarred for some reason.
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| 11 | balls
ID: 591161420
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 21:47
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I'm done messing with this thing for now.
Cosmo, I will try that once I get some more time. Thanks for the help.
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| 12 | balls
ID: 591161420
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 21:50
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Addicted, I tried what you suggested and had no luck. Windows couldn't find and install the drivers. Thanks for your suggestion.
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| 13 | R9
Leader
ID: 02624472
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 21:52
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You should disable the integrated sound card in your BIOS. Usually under the Integrated Peripherials menu.
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| 14 | balls
ID: 591161420
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 22:12
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R9, I'm afraid I don't even know where to start with that one.
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| 15 | MadDOG
ID: 35015710
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 22:25
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Go to control panel and then sounds and audio devices.
Then check the box that says "Place a volume icon in the taskbar".
Once you have the volume icon in the taskbar double click on it and a control box should come up. Turn the volume controls to max for all the various options such as MP3, CD, Wave, etc.
If that doesn't work check the volume controls on all the media players that you have on the system and make sure they are turned up to the max.
The media player volume controls turn the system volume up and down. Alot of people may not know that.
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| 16 | R9
Leader
ID: 02624472
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 22:42
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balls, on bootup hit delete until you get to a screen with a blue background. Search the various menus (use the arrow keys, no mouse support in these menus) for Integrated Peripherials. Should be one with AC'97 Audio or something similar. Change it to Disabled. Without knowing your exact motherboard name, I can't give more detailed instructions unfortunately. I can tell you though that this is almost assuredly your problem.
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| 17 | balls
ID: 591161420
Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 23:13
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maddog, it wont allow me to check the box...it's grayed out.
R9, I'll try that next.
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| 18 | balls
ID: 591161420
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 01:07
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R9, I found it, disabled it, and now can't access my cd-rom. I don't know what to do.
What if I upgraded to Windows XP? or reinstall ME?
This computer is only used for internet and downloading music purposes, fwiw.
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| 19 | R9
Leader
ID: 02624472
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 01:14
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Hmm, not sure why your CD-rom access would be affected. The AC'97 Audio is just a small audio chip on the motherboard, completely unrelated.
Couple of questions:
What does it say in your device manager for CD-roms? Does the door not open, or it just can't read cd's at all? Have you tried more then one cd to make sure its the drive and not just one cd?
Is your sound working?
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I usually re-install my operating system after getting new hardware, but it isn't neccessary. I just do it to avoid driver conflicts. Even for people who have no problems, I always recommend upgrading to XP, just because its easier to use and has the best internet security and such available. (Do they even post security updates for ME anymore?) Depends on your system specs though, XP can be a memory hog compared to 98 and ME.
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| 20 | balls
ID: 448331614
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 10:06
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What does it say in your device manager for CD-roms? Does the door not open, or it just can't read cd's at all? Have you tried more then one cd to make sure its the drive and not just one cd?
I'll see what the device manager says once I get back to that computer. The door opens fine but I get an error message telling me the cd-rom is busy because another system was already using it.
From there I just gave up and called it a night.
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| 21 | MadDOG
ID: 35015710
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 11:34
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Balls, if that check box is greyed out that might be an indicator that Windows is not recognizing your sound card or any sound device at all.
I can't think of any other reason that the check box would be greyed out. That's really a pretty simple Windows command.
Although, I'm not a computer or Windows expert so maybe somebody else can determine why that check box is greyed out.
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| 22 | MadDOG
ID: 35015710
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 11:40
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Balls, here's something I found on Google.
Missing your volume control icon on your taskbar?
Two things to try:
Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Multimedia and click on the Audio tab at the top.....In here, put a check beside "Show volume control on taskbar".
However, if this option is greyed out, go back to the Control Panel, but this time double click on Add/Remove Programs and click on the Windows Setup tab......Scroll thru this list and find Multimedia and double click on it and put a check beside "Volume Control"....reboot and try my first suggestion again.
IF YOU HAVE WINDOWS XP, this is different...in XP:
Go to your Control Panel and double click Sounds and Audio Devices and place a checkmark next to "Place Volume Control in the Taskbar".
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| 23 | balls
ID: 448331614
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 12:05
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Thanks maddog, I'll give that a shot this weekend.
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| 24 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 3511192912
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 13:56
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Have you tried the Start/Settings/System route?
select hardware/then device manager
Then select sound, video and game controllers. Double click on each option and check the properties, driver, resources etc.
Great spot to see if things are enabled or disabled
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| 25 | balls
ID: 211422117
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 14:34
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Been there, done that. It says everything is fine. I will take a look again though, just in case.
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| 26 | R9
Leader
ID: 02624472
Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 20:20
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One reason to go to XP is because with Service Pack 2, you can now just right click anything in the device manager and then use 'update driver'. That was always there, but more often then not found nothing. Now, it searches all of Microsoft's database of drivers and updates your hardware with no problems...
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| 27 | balls
ID: 591161420
Sat, Jan 22, 2005, 15:16
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I've tried all of the suggestions listed here and I have had no luck.
Post 26 seals it and XP it is.
Thanks for all the help, everyone.
I'm not a computer expert by any means but I think my problem is with Spybot which I think deleted some settings in my registry. And I can't get those back even though I tried the recovery option. Oh well, XP it is.
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