Monitor Speakers - no sound

shanni

No sound in monitor speakers, I've tried all the suggestions on microsoft 'help' pages. I'm sure it's something simple. Have only used headphones since buying it and since removing the headphones connection wire, the speakers won't work.

thanks for any ideas.

Mr_Squiddy

shanni wrote:

No sound in monitor speakers, I've tried all the suggestions on microsoft 'help' pages. I'm sure it's something simple. Have only used headphones since buying it and since removing the headphones connection wire, the speakers won't work.

Do you need to plug an additional cable from the monitor to your soundcard? A normal monitor VGA connection won't carry sound - you need an additional cable. Make sure you haven't plugged the cable into the output of your soundcard and not into the microphone input (it's easily done.) On my PC the stereo output socket is green.

Can you plug something else into the monitor speakers to test them, e.g. a MP3 player/iPod or similar? Also check the Sound and Audio Devices Control Panel (Start->Control Panel->Sound and Audio Devices) - make sure that all the volume sliders are two-thirds of maximum.

shanni

Thanks Mr quiddy, tried all that but still no joy.

dro

Try uninstalling your sound card in device manager. Restart your computer and reinstall the drivers.

shanni

Thanks dro...how do I do that? Is it easy to do?

lee634

whoa whoa whoa
I Know it's basic but sometimes overlooked you have turned up the volume on the monitor,

Just a thought
Lee

shanni

lol thanks Lee...have checked vol.

dro

shanni wrote:

Thanks dro...how do I do that? Is it easy to do?

Presuming that your using Windows XP
Right click My Computer and select Manage.
Select Device Manager from the left hand side of the window that opens.
Click the + next to Sound, video and game controllers.
Right click your audio device and select Uninstall.
When its done restart your computer and it should reinstall the drivers.

wonderfullife_2

Hi
Try run, control panel, sounds and audio devices, make sure the Mute is not ticked, you can also test your speakers from here.

Hope this helps

shanni

Dro...going to try your suggestion, will it definitely reinstall itslef when I start up again?

thanks

wonderfullife_2

shanni wrote:

Dro...going to try your suggestion, will it definitely reinstall itslef when I start up again?thanks

Hi
Do you know what sound card you have and do you have the drivers for it? they usually come on a disc with the pc, or if you haven't got one you can search on the internet, if you know what card you have. sometimes xp will find the drivers but I've found that sometimes they won't and you have to install them yourself.

Hope this helps