My Computer Has No Sound
by Wolfdave
My Computer Has No Sound. Windows XP
Your computer has no sound, from speakers or headphones. Here is a list of procedures to follow starting with the most obvious and dumbest suggestions.
*Are your Speakers plugged into the mains and turned on and the volume turned up?
*Is the speaker wire plugged into the jack on your computer, is it plugged into the correct one, usually green?
*is there more than one set of jacks on your computer? If so, try the other set?
*If your sound suddenly stopped, try restarting windows.
*If it was working ok yesterday, attempt a System Restore to a time when you had sound.
*Have you installed any new hardware or software? Remove and try again.
*Click on Start then Control Panel. Look for and open, ‘Sounds and Audio Devices’. In the Device Volume Box, is the slider set on low? If so, move it up. Is there a check mark in the ‘mute’ box? If everything looks ok here click the advanced button in the Device Volume box. Next screen, look for any Mute boxes with check marks and see if any sliders are set low. If everything is ok here, close the screen and then click on Speaker Volume and check the slider controls there. Then click on speaker Advanced and make sure the set up selected matches your speakers.
*Device manager is your next stop. Open control Panel then System. Click on Hardware, and then Device Manager. Look for Sound, Video and Game Controllers. If there are any issues with your device you will see a yellow circle next to it. Double click on your sound device and see what information you are given. There may be a conflict or you may need to update your Drivers.
*Don’t know which device you have installed? Click Start, in the RUN box type: dxdiag and click ok. Next screen click the Sound Tab, this should show your Device model and Provider. Contact the provider for Driver Updates.