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PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:58 pm
by Big Ass Lover
I'm new to this computer thing and i've just bought some speakers plugged them in and they don't work. Is there something else i need to do? l
Cheers for any help
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:02 pm
by mike johnson
Did you plug them into both the USB port & the audio out's??
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:51 pm
by Big Ass Lover
They have two wires, ones the plug and the other is like a headphones lead
I'm not usually this thick
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:58 pm
by ash
headphone lead into green audio out socket and fire them up
maybe your volume is muted
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:39 pm
by Big Ass Lover
Tried it but nothing except a buzzing noise. Is there something in the control panel that needs clicking on?
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:03 pm
by Jacques
Do you need to install any drivers?
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:06 pm
by Sam Slater
It could be any number of things. Do you have a sound card, or does your motherboard have audio in/out?
You could have on-board sound, but you've not enabled it in your bios. Then again, it could be enabled but if you've got a sound card too, then that's conflicting/taking priority.
For starters make sure your speakers are turned on, and at about medium volume. Click 'Start' > 'Control Panel' > 'Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices' > 'Adjust System Volume' and make sure your device, nor speakers are muted, with audio levels around medium. This is just to check that XP (i'm presuming?) isn't muting anything. After you've checked XP isn't at fault then stick in a CD into your DVDROM drive and play the CD.
If you can't hear anything then it could be as I stated in the first paragraph: Onboard disablement in the bios, or a conflict (if you have a sound card too).
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:24 pm
by mike johnson
Also it could be that your jacks are bad or wrongly color-coded, both of which have happened to me w/ new PC's. Try another set of audio-out jacks, & check your headphone output jack to see if it works.
Re: PC Problem..HELP
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:40 pm
by Big Ass Lover
It's not a brand new PC and i have 98 not XP.
I tried using a CD and it's come up as
"Error Cannot playback audio stream, no audio hardware available or hardware not responding"
I've looked on the microsoft website and i've either not got a sound card or there's a problem with it.
Does anyone know how to check?
Again as i said earlier i'm not that knowledgable about computers. If i do need a sound card what the hell do i do?
Cheers for the help