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Thread ID: 14277 2002-01-03 08:03:00 R.I.P Left sound channel Guest (0) Press F1
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29660 2002-01-03 08:03:00 After installing an openGL game and crashing my 900mhz Athlon system when trying to run it, I now find that the left sound channel (on board) has stopped working. I have uninstalled the game, re-installed all the right sound drivers, checked the speakers on another system, run sound diagnostic software and used up my 25 year PC skill base. I even re-installed Windowz ME over the top of itself as a second-to-last resort. If you have any sugestions, I will be all ears....must I really go down the FDISK road.

Kind regards to all.....Dean
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29661 2002-01-03 09:07:00 After all that.. ergo, the left channel could be kaput hardware-wise, a failed IC perhaps, or even just a socket with bad/broken connection. Pity you got ME, I was going to suggest instal DOS drivers if they exist and test the sound system independently of Windows. Guest (0)
29662 2002-01-04 01:29:00 'Sound diagnostics' would override any mixers in the rest of the software? I mistrust cables & connectors, then software. Those 3.5 mm stereo sockets are not very rugged.

I hardly think that a game would take out one channel of a line-out buffer, and they're not really the sort of thing which 'burns out'. But concidences do happen.
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29663 2002-01-05 00:35:00 Thanx for the reply....it could be an IC...do you know of any software that might isolate such a failure? Guest (0)
29664 2002-01-05 00:37:00 Thanx for the reply....well the sockets check out o.k....now i am totally stumped. Guest (0)
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