Sound weak/not working

Discussion in 'Laptop Hardware' started by kirkevonphilly, Sep 22, 2008.

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    kirkevonphilly

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    Hi,

    I bought the SSD version, upgraded the ram to 1.5 immediately, and installed XP. I did all the recommended fixes and got it up to speed. I installed all of the drivers I found on the forum. Then I went to check out the sound...I started playing an MP3 and didn't hear anything. I turned the volume to the max and held my ear up to the base. Voila, some music...out of the right speaker only, barely louder than the fan noise.

    I wasn't sure what was up, so I plugged in a pair of headphones to see if maybe I didn't plug the audio cable back in all of the way. Same story, but instead of fan noise, mostly hiss and some barely audible Beatles.

    So what I have is some very very light sound, you can't hear it unless you hold the one up to your ear. I opened it up today and reseated the cable for the speakers, nothing different.

    Has anyone experienced this or have any recommendations?

    XP SP2
     
    kirkevonphilly, Sep 22, 2008
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    hi, similar stuff happened to me last night! i noticed sound was hardly audible thru speakers when watching you tube videos,tho' thru headphones sound was ok if a little on the quiet side! have checked the volume control etc and is still the same. i even done a live update. was reluctant to do this because of all the negative comments after updating etc i noticed one of the updates was an audio patch! maybe my partner has done some twitching or somethin to it,as it is actually hers.its a shame because i was only telling her to lower the volume when playing back her digi cam videos the other day.jesus! i hope this thing is ok as i will undoubtably get the blame and my life will be roasted for the considerable future! ;)
     
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    So I've reinstalled windows and installed the Realtek audio drivers I found under the downloads on the main page.

    Now I don't hear anything but the fan coming out of the bottom of the laptop, but if I do plug in headphones, I hear a lot of hiss and low volume sound, even though my sliders are all maxed out.

    Any one else experience this?
     
    kirkevonphilly, Oct 7, 2008
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