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csa3d:
stating the obvious, you've checked that the speakers are connected to the (green?) speaker jack (as opposed to mic), and that your system is not on mute?  Double check the audio software device just to be sure.

-csa

Green Giant:
I might have a solution for you, but you won't like it.  I was recently working on my computer when I thought I pulled out a small cable that runs to the front audio ports on my case.  It was a ground, and it turned out it wasn't supposed to be plugged back in   :censored: .  Booted up and no more audio.  Blew something in there that controls it.  Needless to say I had a few choice words.

Then after a trip to Fry's, picked up a cheap $15 pci sound card.  Plugged it in, installed the software with it, works great again.

Moral of the story, if you don't know where a cable goes, don't bother plugging it in.  And after the onboard sound was blown it was still showing up ready to output on my computer just nothing came out.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: csa3d on September 17, 2007, 01:26:31 pm ---stating the obvious, you've checked that the speakers are connected to the (green?) speaker jack (as opposed to mic), and that your system is not on mute?  Double check the audio software device just to be sure.

-csa

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Yes.  I'm not muted in windows, the speakers are on and plugged into the green port which is designated as the "line-out" by the realtek software (with an icon showing 2 speakers).


--- Quote from: Green Giant on September 17, 2007, 01:50:03 pm ---I might have a solution for you, but you won't like it.  I was recently working on my computer when I thought I pulled out a small cable that runs to the front audio ports on my case.  It was a ground, and it turned out it wasn't supposed to be plugged back in   :censored: .  Booted up and no more audio.  Blew something in there that controls it.  Needless to say I had a few choice words.

Then after a trip to Fry's, picked up a cheap $15 pci sound card.  Plugged it in, installed the software with it, works great again.

Moral of the story, if you don't know where a cable goes, don't bother plugging it in.  And after the onboard sound was blown it was still showing up ready to output on my computer just nothing came out.

--- End quote ---

Hmmm... you are right - I don't like that!  It's possible though... I was messing around with the jumpers (4 are designated as "speaker") and I'm generally not 100% everything is hooked up perfectly (I made guesses).  does my motherboard support a PCI sound card?  I'd definitely spend the $15 just to get it working at this point...

fatfingers:

This will probably sound stupid but ...


Don't necessarily assume that "green plug" should go into "green receptacle".  I did this on my computer and was getting "tinny" or "mono-ish" sound which really annoyed me.  As it turns out, actually reading the manual  :o helped since it instructed me to put the green plug into (some other) colored receptacle.  After that, all was fine.

This may not be your issue.

Green Giant:

--- Quote from: javeryh on September 17, 2007, 02:35:44 pm ---Hmmm... you are right - I don't like that!  It's possible though... I was messing around with the jumpers (4 are designated as "speaker") and I'm generally not 100% everything is hooked up perfectly (I made guesses).  does my motherboard support a PCI sound card?  I'd definitely spend the $15 just to get it working at this point...

--- End quote ---

If you have an open pci slot to put a sound card in, regular not express, then it will support a cheap pci sound card.  This is assuming you are running windows since most of those cheap cards won't come with drivers for anything else.

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