No sound from my PC

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Jimmy Hsu

My Desktop PC was working fine yesterday, but today there is no sound at all
from the speakers. I opened Device Manager and found everything normal:
there was no yellow questions marks beside the Sound item. The speaker
cables are also firmly connected to the PC.

I've ran AVG, SpyBot & Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware to scan for virus, etc,
but found none.

Please help. I have a HP-Pavilion KT393AA desktop, with 2.5 g
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 , 3.3 g RAM, Realtek HIgh Defintion Audio, running
Vista Home Premium SP 1
 
Jimmy Hsu said:
My Desktop PC was working fine yesterday, but today there is no sound at all
from the speakers. I opened Device Manager and found everything normal:
there was no yellow questions marks beside the Sound item. The speaker
cables are also firmly connected to the PC.

I've ran AVG, SpyBot & Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware to scan for virus, etc,
but found none.

Please help. I have a HP-Pavilion KT393AA desktop, with 2.5 g
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 , 3.3 g RAM, Realtek HIgh Defintion Audio, running
Vista Home Premium SP 1
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What are your speaker volume settings?
 
My Desktop PC was working fine yesterday, but today there is no sound at all
from the speakers. I opened Device Manager and found everything normal:
there was no yellow questions marks beside the Sound item. The speaker
cables are also firmly connected to the PC.
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Check the following:

1. The speakers are plugged in and the outlet they are plugged into is
live.

2. The physical speaker volume control is not turned down.

3. The Windows speaker volume control is not turned down, nor is it
muted.

If all the above are OK, the speakers may have physically died. Try
them on another computer to be sure.
 
Jimmy Hsu said:
Speaker volumes, physical and Windows Vol. Ctrl are all set at mid way, not
muted.
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Plug a set of earphones into the speaker jack... do you hear sound?
 
Jimmy

Many posts lately about this same issue. You are infected with malware. Suggest
running Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware along with your resident AV.

Post back and let us know
 
Jimmy Hsu said:
My Desktop PC was working fine yesterday, but today there is no sound at
all from the speakers. I opened Device Manager and found everything
normal: there was no yellow questions marks beside the Sound item. The
speaker cables are also firmly connected to the PC.

I've ran AVG, SpyBot & Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware to scan for virus, etc,
but found none.

Please help. I have a HP-Pavilion KT393AA desktop, with 2.5 g
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 , 3.3 g RAM, Realtek HIgh Defintion Audio, running
Vista Home Premium SP 1
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You could try reinstalling or updating the audio driver. Some Windows
Update is causing audio to stop for some reason for some people.
 
As you suggested, I plugged a set of earphones into speaker jack, and yes,
I do hear sound BUT it is very soft. It is still very soft after I turn
up all the volume settings to Max.

I have reinstalled the Realtek Audio drivers, but the problem remains.

Thks
 
Jimmy Hsu said:
As you suggested, I plugged a set of earphones into speaker jack, and yes,
I do hear sound BUT it is very soft. It is still very soft after I turn
up all the volume settings to Max.

I have reinstalled the Realtek Audio drivers, but the problem remains.

Thks
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Obviously your system is producing SOME level of sound. I believe you
stated that your speakers are powered. It's conceivable that they've
failed.

Where are you getting those Realtek drivers from? Do you have
automatic update enabled so that it installs items when they're found?

If you're not getting the sound drivers from the computer
manufacturer's site, you should go there and get them. If you have
the correct drivers, then the speakers are suspect.
 
Jimmy Hsu said:
As you suggested, I plugged a set of earphones into speaker jack, and
yes, I do hear sound BUT it is very soft. It is still very soft after
I turn up all the volume settings to Max.

I have reinstalled the Realtek Audio drivers, but the problem remains.

Thks
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Did you perhaps set the default playback device to Realtek Digital Output?
Check to see if the default playback device is set to Speakers.
 
As you suggested, I plugged a set of earphones into speaker jack, and yes,
I do hear sound BUT it is very soft. It is still very soft after I turn
up all the volume settings to Max.
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That very strongly suggests that the problem is a hardware one with
the speakers themselves, not with Windows. As I said in my first
message in the thread, "If all the above are OK, the speakers may have
physically died. Try them on another computer to be sure."
 
JEWboy said:
is that you rname?
Nice name Hi Moron :)
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Hey ****TARD, you should do two things

1) Correct your Clock.
2) Insert your head back into your ass where it belongs and duct-tape it
shut so your head doesn't plop out and splat on the floor.
 
That very strongly suggests that the problem is a hardware one with
the speakers themselves, not with Windows. As I said in my first
message in the thread, "If all the above are OK, the speakers may have
physically died. Try them on another computer to be sure."
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To me it suggests the opposite. If the speakers were bad, the earphones
should have normal volume.

OTOH, I wonder if the jack that Jimmy Hsu is using is actually a line-out
jack, which would not power earphones adequately...If so, then I am back to
agreeing with you, Ken.

 
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