No sound on my PC! HELP!

**bmyers** · 02-16-2007, 03:32 PM

I am getting absolutely no sound out of my pc, i have tried the mutes and all the volume controls. any ideas?

**Mr. Luos** · 02-16-2007, 03:39 PM

What lead up to this?

Any changes to the pc?

**bmyers** · 02-16-2007, 03:40 PM

i did a disk defragment the other day, but other than that i have not added or removed any software

**Mr. Luos** · 02-16-2007, 03:42 PM

Sounds like a driver issue.

Any errors when you play an MP3 or video?
Of course...check the obvious things. Plugs, power, etc...

**bmyers** · 02-16-2007, 03:48 PM

videos work fine, mp3 will play, but no sound, no errors

**CaptainCaveMan** · 02-16-2007, 03:51 PM

Is it plugged in?

**bmyers** · 02-16-2007, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by CaptainCaveMan

Is it plugged in?

yes, come on give me some credit!

**86 IROC-Z** · 02-16-2007, 08:31 PM

First find out if your speakers died or its a internal computer problem, switch the speakers out with a different set (or headphones)

Things to check:
Speaker power
Speaker-computer connection
No damaged wires
Volume/mute control on speakers
Volume/mute control on Volume Control application
Volume/mute control on the music player software
Balance control
Correct settings in Audio Devices Properties
Audio drivers are enabled
Audio drivers are working correctly

**bmyers** · 02-16-2007, 08:39 PM

i plugged my speakers into my headphone jack and they work in there. any ideas why the speaker port would not work?

**snaggeltooth** · 02-16-2007, 11:08 PM

Have you downloaded anything and used the volume level on the playback...
You can turn the volume level down on whatever you downloaded and then it affect the whole pc I know it does mine if I play something useing Real Player

**Nastyfoot** · 02-17-2007, 04:20 AM

Originally Posted by bmyers

i plugged my speakers into my headphone jack and they work in there. any ideas why the speaker port would not work?

Check master volume. Make sure nothing is muted

**my5thNewUsernameHere** · 02-17-2007, 01:57 PM

Mine was giving me problems like that yesterday. It worked fine after I rebooted.

**GOT1GOAT** · 02-19-2007, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by my5thNewUsernameHere

Mine was giving me problems like that yesterday. It worked fine after I rebooted.

Yeah, do a restart.

**bmyers** · 02-19-2007, 03:09 PM

I have restarted a couple of times, i will look in real player and windows media

**mst219** · 02-19-2007, 07:54 PM

i did that on my old computer (defrag) and it mistaked one of the sound drives for an unused item (because sound wasnt on at the time.. i had mute on or something.. maybe even just tunred all the way down) and it erased it completely.. i had 2 contact microsoft and they sent me a disc that had the drive to load it back onto my computer.. long and bogus process..

**my5thNewUsernameHere** · 02-21-2007, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

First find out if your speakers died or its a internal computer problem, switch the speakers out with a different set (or headphones)

Things to check:
Speaker power
Speaker-computer connection
No damaged wires
Volume/mute control on speakers
Volume/mute control on Volume Control application
Volume/mute control on the music player software
Balance control
Correct settings in Audio Devices Properties
Audio drivers are enabled
Audio drivers are working correctly

These are all good. If it's at all feasible, I would swap in another hard drive with a "clean" OS to rule out a hardware problem. Fixing software drivers is a PITA when it comes to audio devices.

**bmyers** · 02-21-2007, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by my5thNewUsernameHere

These are all good. If it's at all feasible, I would swap in another hard drive with a "clean" OS to rule out a hardware problem. Fixing software drivers is a PITA when it comes to audio devices.

havent been home much to try all of the suggestions, i do not have an extra hard drive. I will keep trying though, thanks for the help

**kromberg** · 02-22-2007, 09:20 AM

Sounds like the sound card took a dump. A lot of newer motherbaords have some real crappy sounds chips installed. Go out and buy a $20 PCI sound card, disable one on MB, install new.

Keith

**bmyers** · 02-22-2007, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by kromberg

Sounds like the sound card took a dump. A lot of newer motherbaords have some real crappy sounds chips installed. Go out and buy a $20 PCI sound card, disable one on MB, install new.

Keith

i get sound through the headphone jack, could it still be the sound board?