External Speakers Not Working On 5536

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I have a Dell Inspiron 6000, and just upgraded to 5536 from 5384. The audio
service is working in windows, and audio output is great from the laptops
internal speakers- but when you plug in any external speakers to the jack,
there is no output, at any volume. I had the most updated SigmaTel drivers
from Dell, and this problem was not happening in Beta 2 (5384).

Any suggestions? Any help is appericated.
 
rbyrd8100 said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000, and just upgraded to 5536 from 5384. The
audio
service is working in windows, and audio output is great from the laptops
internal speakers- but when you plug in any external speakers to the jack,
there is no output, at any volume. I had the most updated SigmaTel
drivers
from Dell, and this problem was not happening in Beta 2 (5384).

Any suggestions? Any help is appericated.
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Check the volume control properties and make sure line out is not disabled.
 
Line Out is not one of the options to control like it was in Windows XP-
there is just a speaker control adjuster.
 
rbyrd8100 said:
Line Out is not one of the options to control like it was in Windows XP-
there is just a speaker control adjuster.
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Anything muted?
Seems odd that they are not working as speakers are nothing special, they
don't usually need drivers or anything.
 
rbyrd8100:
Right click the speaker in the right side tray on the task bar. You
should see "playback devices", left click to see what devices are enabled
and enable devices as necessary.
 
No, nothing is muted.

Its not just speakers either, anything plugged into the headphones jack has
no sound output. It has got to be a setting or something, but i cant figure
it out.

Dell wont support it because its a beta operating system- their tech support
is useless anyways.
 
Did that- the only item listed is "speakers" and they are enabled. That is
the only item listed in the dialog box, even with "show disabled and
disconnected devices"
 
any news on this? I'm having the same problem

rbyrd8100 said:
Did that- the only item listed is "speakers" and they are enabled. That is
the only item listed in the dialog box, even with "show disabled and
disconnected devices"
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yes, i was able to fix the problem myself by downloading the windows XP audio
driver applicible to my computer from dell's website- once installed, the
audio output works great.

Windows update will later tell you that there is a audio driver update
available, but DO NOT DOWNLOAD because it will take you back to the same
problem you are currently having.
 
Did you try the update after installing the XP drivers?

My sound did not work, either. Nor, did the update that
Microsoft said was available. However, after installing
the XP drivers the sound worked great. I was once
again notified by Windows Update there were new drivers
for my sound card. Being curious, I installed the update.
The sound still worked. I don't notice any difference.

This same scenario was done on 5384, 5536, 5572, and
now RC1. I had no sound on this laptop until I used the
XP drivers, after installing the XP drivers- the update also
worked.


-Michael
 
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