Sound Problems...

[Carol2]

Over the past couple days, I've lost Most of my PC's sound capabilities.
Most program sounds do not sound (welllll..some are a very Faint
sound)........yet WinXP LogOn/LogOff & a couple other program sounds are
heard, Clearly. Nothing has been added/subtracted from the system.
Device Manager shows no warning signs & am unable to find anything amiss
in Event Viewer. I've checked the connections numerous times & all seem
to be OK. Have already done CheckDisk & Defrag.....no malwares found by
AdAware, SpyBot S&D, or AVG, btw. Nothing is muted, & all audio
properties are enabled & 'volumed'.

Here's the clincher...... I gave up a few minutes ago & decided to post
a question regarding this matter. Miraculously.......a few seconds
later, all sounds seem to have re-appeared! Cyber Gremlins? A similar
situation has occured on this system Once before, with a similar
Unexplained cure.

Please........enlighten me, if you can, as to the cause/cure.

Carol2

 

[Guest]

You should probably provide some system info in order for answers.
1. Run sound troubleshooter
2. Check sound card in physical computer, remove card and re-install
3. Possible speaker problems, power transformer......the list goes on

 

[Carol2]

The system was built by a local shop (5 yr.s ago this fall): 1.4 GHz
Athlon, Asus A7V-E MB, 256 MB RAM, CL Ensonic PCI sound card, Altec
Lansing speakers, etc.

However, as I stated in my post..... the sound not only quit
(mysteriously), it came Back just as mysteriously a couple days
later......without any intervention. All I had done was to run AVG,
AdAware, SpyBot, CheckDisk & Defrag. None of which seemed to have any
effect.

Thanks for the feedback, Dale. 8^)

Carol2

 

[Guest]

I am not familier with any of the hardware/software you have mentioned.
When I got this "borrowed' computer it had NO sound. After many hours of
troubleshhooting, I finally got inside and removed the sound card and
re-seated it. Just today I had to do this again. Bad connections, old
computer. If you have run troubleshooting for sound card and have checked to
see if all codecs and such are there, I would get inside and re-seat the
sound card.

Sorry I couldn't help more

 

[Carol2]

Thanks anyway, Dale. 8^) All I Really care is that it is Working
again.....just wish I knew what made it lose the sound in the first
place. The 1st time it happened was 2-3 yr.s ago, with the same
mysterious cure. LOL Must be PC gremlins!

Carol2