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| Thread ID: 92956 | 2008-08-29 05:11:00 | Sound problem (lack of it) | k8smum (6062) | Press F1 |
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| 701257 | 2008-08-29 20:49:00 | Double click on the speaker icon in your task bar to bring up the volume panel and make sure the sound has not been accidently muted. If you go to this page support.creative.com and scroll to the bottom and select automatically update drivers it well scan your system to see what new drivers you need if any. They also have technical support where you fill out a form with your problem. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 701258 | 2008-08-30 00:07:00 | If you plugged them in while the computer was running, it may well have damaged the sound card (personally I always turn it off first (only USB is hot-pluggable (usually, there are exceptions))). Is the audio integrated on the motherboard or a separate card, if integrated (what brand/version motherboard do you have?) it may have done some port-sensing thing and gotten it wrong. Look for a second speaker/sound icon on the righthand side of your taskbar, this may give you access (and finer control) to the Creative card driver and input/output settings/properties. Also could be a switched socket (turns off external speakers when you plug headphones in) thats got dust stuck in the contacts, though this is unlikely as most computers wont have this. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 701259 | 2008-08-30 00:16:00 | If you plugged them in while the computer was running, it may well have damaged the sound card (personally I always turn it off first (only USB is hot-pluggable (usually, there are exceptions))). Is the audio integrated on the motherboard or a separate card, if integrated (what brand/version motherboard do you have?) it may have done some port-sensing thing and gotten it wrong. Look for a second speaker/sound icon on the righthand side of your taskbar, this may give you access (and finer control) to the Creative card driver and input/output settings/properties. Also could be a switched socket (turns off external speakers when you plug headphones in) thats got dust stuck in the contacts, though this is unlikely as most computers wont have this. She has an Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS sound card like I have. Read some of the previous posts. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 701260 | 2008-08-30 00:33:00 | Bite me Trev! I was just covering any possibilities :groan: So unless you've something constructive to say........ |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 701261 | 2008-08-30 00:47:00 | Bite me Trev! I was just covering any possibilities :groan: So unless you've something constructive to say........ I sure well. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 701262 | 2008-08-30 02:54:00 | Further to my post earlier, when talking about your cards properties. Look for a second speaker/sound icon on the righthand side of your taskbar, this may give you access (and finer control) to the Creative card driver and input/output settings/properties. This (www.imagef1.net.nz) is in Vista (you may have something similar in your Creative card's properties page/s (this is in addition to your Windows sound properties)). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 701263 | 2008-09-04 05:55:00 | Hi there The problem with my PC has been cleared up by uninstalling the soundcard and reinstalling it. All okay now, except the speaker configuration setup/test in Creative doesn't work anymore. Never mind though, at least we're getting sound through all five speakers now. Thanks all. Cheers. |
k8smum (6062) | ||
| 701264 | 2008-09-04 08:13:00 | Cool :) | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
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