Realtek AC'97: no sound

[john richmond]

I have a correctly functioning Realtek card, newly reinstalled driver,
everything unmuted but, despite that, there is no sound coming from the
onboard speakers. I have not looked at the BIOS yet because I am new to
Windows.

Any help gratefully accepted,

-j

 

[Chris Laarman]

john richmond ([email protected]) in
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I have a correctly functioning Realtek card, newly reinstalled driver,
everything unmuted but, despite that, there is no sound coming from
the onboard speakers. I have not looked at the BIOS yet because I am
new to Windows.

The BIOS is part of the hardware, so being new to an operating system is
irrelevant.
Anyway, when Windows reports hardware as functioning, it won't be disabled
in the BIOS.

The only additional cause I can think of (but there may be many more!):
Have you selected those speakers as the audio output device (rather than
Bluetooth audio, a USB device or whatever)?

Then Windows default is set through Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices
| Audio | Sound playback Default device, but applications may offer to
override that default for themselves.

 

[john richmond]

The only additional cause I can think of (but there may be many more!):
Have you selected those speakers as the audio output device (rather than
Bluetooth audio, a USB device or whatever)?

Then Windows default is set through Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices
| Audio | Sound playback Default device, but applications may offer to
override that default for themselves.

Thanks Chris. The correct speakers are set up as the output device on
the Control Panel. The problem seems to be more general than a single
app--there are no System sounds.

-j