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From: Amalia on 12 May 2010 04:30 Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop running Windows XP Media Center Edition with SP3. A couple of days ago I started having problems with the sound. It only works through headphones, whether from a website, a CD/DVD or a file on the computer. Rebooting didn't work. The Dell Diagnostics test (that you access while the computer boots) worked fine and I could hear sound from the speakers while it was running. The Device Manager shows no problems or conflicts. My restore points got deleted so I can't use that function. Does anyone know what else this could be? Thank you, Amalia
From: SC Tom on 12 May 2010 06:54 "Amalia" <Amalia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7090436-D86D-499E-910F-99163CAA2AC0(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop running Windows XP Media Center Edition > with SP3. > > A couple of days ago I started having problems with the sound. It only > works > through headphones, whether from a website, a CD/DVD or a file on the > computer. > > Rebooting didn't work. The Dell Diagnostics test (that you access while > the > computer boots) worked fine and I could hear sound from the speakers while > it > was running. The Device Manager shows no problems or conflicts. > > My restore points got deleted so I can't use that function. > > Does anyone know what else this could be? > Thank you, > Amalia If you double-click on your volume button, then pick Options, Properties, what shows in the Mixer Device window? Make sure Playback is selected for Adjust Volume For. -- SC Tom
From: shakey on 12 May 2010 13:08 Any chance you are using this as a desktop and have external speakers, they usually require power (ac or batts) SG "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message news:%23lHQ%23Fc8KHA.1316(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Amalia" <Amalia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C7090436-D86D-499E-910F-99163CAA2AC0(a)microsoft.com... >> Hi, >> >> I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop running Windows XP Media Center >> Edition >> with SP3. >> >> A couple of days ago I started having problems with the sound. It only >> works >> through headphones, whether from a website, a CD/DVD or a file on the >> computer. >> >> Rebooting didn't work. The Dell Diagnostics test (that you access while >> the >> computer boots) worked fine and I could hear sound from the speakers >> while it >> was running. The Device Manager shows no problems or conflicts. >> >> My restore points got deleted so I can't use that function. >> >> Does anyone know what else this could be? >> Thank you, >> Amalia > > If you double-click on your volume button, then pick Options, Properties, > what shows in the Mixer Device window? Make sure Playback is selected for > Adjust Volume For. > -- > SC Tom >
From: VanguardLH on 12 May 2010 14:56
Amalia wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop running Windows XP Media Center Edition > with SP3. > > A couple of days ago I started having problems with the sound. It only works > through headphones, whether from a website, a CD/DVD or a file on the > computer. > > Rebooting didn't work. The Dell Diagnostics test (that you access while the > computer boots) worked fine and I could hear sound from the speakers while it > was running. The Device Manager shows no problems or conflicts. > > My restore points got deleted so I can't use that function. > > Does anyone know what else this could be? > Thank you, > Amalia For externally powered speakers: - Check there is power to the speakers. - Check the speakers are turned on. - Check a volume control on the speakers is not at minimum. - Check a mute control on the speakers is not active. - Plug the headphones into the same jack as the speakers to test the output. |