neatnettricks

[steverino]

Awhile back, I had my PC in a shop as it had been running extremely slow.
When I got it going again, there was no sound. I downloaded the appropriate drivers for audio from the Dell support site, but it still does not work. I have had difficulty getting ahold of the repairman to see if he can help;i.e; is the sound card disconnected. Meanwhile, I wondered if , having dl the driver, if I needed to do anything to get it working. (I expect the was an installation process, but I don't remember.

[blueboxer]

When I have had this problem, on both my laptop and desktop, I have found to my embarrassment that I had turned on the mute button or turned off the speakers. So do check the volume has simply been turned to zero.

[steverino]

I'm with you. I did not have the volume turned up on my speakers. However, the repairs may have resulted in the built in speaker not working. Even when I took it back to the repairman, he did not get the sound working without the external speakers.

[blueboxer]

On my computer the computer speakers shut off when you plug in earphones or external speakers. Don't you have this feature?

[older]

I found out about the speakers turning off the sound after an afternoon. I let my son use the computer and did not notice he had used earphones. When I went on the system it took 4 hours and he finally said what he did.