Speakers not working

shazrazmataz

My Speakers are not working, they are plugged in & the light is on but there's no sound coming from them, any ideas you brilliant techie people

tomos42

What are they plugged into?
Is the light on the speakers or whatever it is you're plugging them into?

My initial thoughts would be:
Is the power on?
Are they plugged into the correct output?
Is the volume turned up?

Please provide some more information so we can help.

Tom

Browntoa

are you sure that it is no the PC not kicking out any sound ?

sometimes the sound card drivers get corrupted

shazrazmataz

tomos42 wrote:

What are they plugged into?
Is the light on the speakers or whatever it is you're plugging them into?

My initial thoughts would be:
Is the power on?
Are they plugged into the correct output?
Is the volume turned up?

Please provide some more information so we can help.

Tom

The power is on, they are plugged into the correct output & the vol is on max, all settings seem to be correct.

How would I know if the the sound card drivers is corrupted? Thanks guys

rogerramjet

Press the windows key and Pause/Break ket at the same time, when the system properties box pops up click on the hardware tab, then click on the device manager tab. CHeck to see if any of the items have a yellow circle with an exclamation mark in it.

If you don't have any just close the windows, the problem is not with the hardware/drivers.

If you have an error check if its the soundcard, sometimes deleting it from there and then restarting will resolve the issue, sometimes it doesn't and you may need to find the drivers and reinstall

albertross_2

Have you checked all the sliders in the mixer, and that mute isn't on - (got to ask!).. Have you got a pair of headphones that you could plug in to check if any sound is coming out?

intel

Try a hardware test..

Got a Mic handy?

Start, Control Panel, Sounds Speech and Audio Devices, Sounds and Audio Devices
Voice Tab, Test Hardware. Maybe worth a try.... for XP

albertross_2

albertross wrote:

Have you checked all the sliders in the mixer, and that mute isn't on - (got to ask!).. Have you got a pair of headphones that you could plug in to check if any sound is coming out?

Coincidentally mine has just stopped working (for the first time ever..), a reboot cured it.

intel

albertross wrote:

Coincidentally mine has just stopped working (for the first time ever..), a reboot cured it.

Ooooooh Spooky.. Mulder, Scully, Re-open the files... :eek:

shazrazmataz

Thanks guys for all your replies, much appreciated :snow_grin

The weird thing is that after I put up my last post they started to work ! :xmassmile