audio problems

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My computer has been working fine for months then the speakers started giving
me lots of hisses and pops. Now the sound just comes and goes. I get a few
seconds of sound and then lose all the volume. I'm on a 3 gHz MPC pentium
with an audigy 2 sound card. No recent software installations. I have updated
drivers and directx. Everything looks ok in device manager with no conflicts.
The only thing I've noticed (and I'm not computer literate enough to know if
it is right or wrong) is that I have two entries under IDE ATA/ATAPI
controllers for controllers and primary and secondary IDE channels. Could
this be causing a problem? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks
 
Gary said:
My computer has been working fine for months then the speakers
started giving me lots of hisses and pops. Now the sound just comes
and goes. I get a few seconds of sound and then lose all the volume.
I'm on a 3 gHz MPC pentium with an audigy 2 sound card. No recent
software installations. I have updated drivers and directx.
Everything looks ok in device manager with no conflicts. The only
thing I've noticed (and I'm not computer literate enough to know if
it is right or wrong) is that I have two entries under IDE ATA/ATAPI
controllers for controllers and primary and secondary IDE channels.
Could this be causing a problem? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks
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Sounds more like your speakers or sound card died. Hardware issue?
 
How do I tell?

Shenan Stanley said:
Sounds more like your speakers or sound card died. Hardware issue?

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Gary said:
My computer has been working fine for months then the speakers
started giving me lots of hisses and pops. Now the sound just comes
and goes. I get a few seconds of sound and then lose all the volume.
I'm on a 3 gHz MPC pentium with an audigy 2 sound card. No recent
software installations. I have updated drivers and directx.
Everything looks ok in device manager with no conflicts. The only
thing I've noticed (and I'm not computer literate enough to know if
it is right or wrong) is that I have two entries under IDE ATA/ATAPI
controllers for controllers and primary and secondary IDE channels.
Could this be causing a problem? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks
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Shenan said:
Sounds more like your speakers or sound card died. Hardware issue?
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How do I tell?
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There is no easy way to tell on the sound card unless you have another one
lying around. But - as you describe it starting to staic out and such
before it died - if the speakers work elsewhere (walkman, stereo, anything
they can plug into..) - then it really sounds like your sound card died.

If the speakers don't work elsewhere and headphones that you know are good
allow you to hear sound from the computer when they are plugged in - then
the speakers are dead.
 
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