no sound

[away]

windows xp pro,, on-board sound jacks. bought speakers and sub woof, but cant get sound.
works fine on my other xp pro computer.
have checked all settings that i know about, maybe there is some i dont know about.
advice?

 

[philo]

windows xp pro,, on-board sound jacks. bought speakers and sub woof, but cant get sound.
works fine on my other xp pro computer.
have checked all settings that i know about, maybe there is some i dont know about.
advice?

First off, do you have the speaker icon in system tray...
if not, you will probably have to install the drivers for your sound chip.

OTOH, if the speaker icon is there...
right click on it an look at properties, you may have the sound muted
or set too low

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

windows xp pro,, on-board sound jacks. bought speakers and sub woof,
but cant get sound.
works fine on my other xp pro computer.
have checked all settings that i know about, maybe there is some i dont
know about.
advice?

Does the inbuilt speaker work?

Launch the Control Panel / Sounds and Audio Devices, then check a few
things, e.g.
- Under the Volume tab, untick the "Mute" check box.
- Under the Sounds tab, select the "Windows Default" scheme.
Now click "Asterisk" in the "Program Events" box, then click
the right-pointing arrow to the left of the "Browse" button.
You should here a sound. Try it with your external speakers
plugged and unplugged from your sound card.
- Play with the various other settings under Audio Devices.
- If this is a laptop, make sure to turn on the sound. Most laptops
have special function keys to do this. Some have a volume control
slider/wheel on the side of the laptop.

 

[away]

Does the inbuilt speaker work?

Launch the Control Panel / Sounds and Audio Devices, then check a few
things, e.g.
- Under the Volume tab, untick the "Mute" check box.
- Under the Sounds tab, select the "Windows Default" scheme.
Now click "Asterisk" in the "Program Events" box, then click
the right-pointing arrow to the left of the "Browse" button.
You should here a sound. Try it with your external speakers
plugged and unplugged from your sound card.
- Play with the various other settings under Audio Devices.
- If this is a laptop, make sure to turn on the sound. Most laptops
have special function keys to do this. Some have a volume control
slider/wheel on the side of the laptop.

not a laptop.
have already done most of what you said,, but is new-years-eve now and my ride just turned up,
will do the rest tomorrow, if of course i can find the front door.
thanks.