| StarcraftManiac said: There's a small problem with my computer: The sound stoppped working suddenly. I had my boxes set-up on it, but always left them on when I shut down the computer. Thought it was harmless, but sudenly, the sound stopped working. I already checked if something on my main board was broke but everything worked properly, so maybe it's the card or something, I dunno! Maybe someone knows how to restore the sound of my computer! Oh, and I already checked if it was set on mute but it wasn't... So I suspect it's the card but maybe someone here knows how to fix it without having to buy something new?!...
Thanks in advance, StarcraftManiac. |
First, make sure your speakers are working. Unplug the jack from the computer and plug it into the headphone port of any other audio device (such as an ipod). If you get no sound, replace your speakers. If you get sound, try the headphone port on the PC.
If you get sound from the speakers out of another device, but not from your computer, you MAY have a sound card issue. Go into the volume control mixer by double clicking on the volume icon in your system tray (this will show volumes for different audio sources such as Wave, Line In, Synth, etc). Make sure all audio sources, especially Wave, are turned up and un-muted.
If you still have no luck, try re-installing the driver. Right-click on My Computer and select Manage. Go to the Device Manager, find your sound card, right-click on it, and select Remove. Reboot your computer and it should detect the device and reinstall the driver.
If you still can't get any sound, replace your soundcard with a cheap Soundblaster Audigy.
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