Random Questions "Attempt II"
14 years ago
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Anybody know how to bring the sound back in Windows Vista??
Sound worked this morning, then after doing some Windows updates, I had no sound at all.
After checking the volume every place I know, Device Manager saying that everything is working, and getting REALLY frustrated, I did a system restore to before the updates from this morning.
No change. Still no sound. 🤢
Any more ideas? Please? 😢
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14 years ago
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You say all the drivers are in working order?
I had this problem once, with my XP version.
Reinstalled windows, which was a pain, but it helped and the sound was restored.
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14 years ago
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Quote from NightSwan
You say all the drivers are in working order?
I had this problem once, with my XP version.
Reinstalled windows, which was a pain, but it helped and the sound was restored.
Ugh...I'll buy a new computer & transfer my files over before I try to reinstall Windows on this one, it's just not worth it. 🤢
Also forgot to add that I have tried googling this problem but haven't found anything that exactly fits my situation, and I have tried a bunch of stuff that was suggested anyway (as long as it was reasonably easy & not likely to cause other problems).
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-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
14 years ago
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...perhaps....it was just...your speakers' time to go? >_>
14 years ago
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Quote from Scyfon
...perhaps....it was just...your speakers' time to go? >_>
Nope, speakers work fine - just plugged them into the TV to double check. 😐
Edit - much later - Oookay, this is totally freaky...my sound is back.
Checked ~45 minutes ago, nope no sound, watched a drama episode on another computer, and now my sound is back. (O_o)
Literally ALL I did between sound not working & working was copy & paste a video file onto a flash drive and take said flash drive to another computer. That's ALL.
And while I'm deliriously happy (ok maybe not quite THAT happy but close) to have sound back, I really wish I knew what made it stop working in the first place, and what made it start working again. 😕
"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
14 years ago
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Quote from TofuQueen
And while I'm deliriously happy (ok maybe not quite THAT happy but close) to have sound back, I really wish I knew what made it stop working in the first place, and what made it start working again. 😕
I don't know what caused it, but I had the same thing once; I just restarted my computer, and everything worked fine again.
14 years ago
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Quote from WandereroftheDeep
Quote from TofuQueen
And while I'm deliriously happy (ok maybe not quite THAT happy but close) to have sound back, I really wish I knew what made it stop working in the first place, and what made it start working again. 😕
I don't know what caused it, but I had the same thing once; I just restarted my computer, and everything worked fine again.
Well, if it worked again after a restart, I wouldn't have been so surprised, but I restarted several times in the process of trying to get the sound back & it made no difference.
Maybe my computer got jealous that I was using a different comp...? 🤣
"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
14 years ago
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Quote from TofuQueen
Quote from WandereroftheDeep
Quote from TofuQueen
And while I'm deliriously happy (ok maybe not quite THAT happy but close) to have sound back, I really wish I knew what made it stop working in the first place, and what made it start working again. 😕
I don't know what caused it, but I had the same thing once; I just restarted my computer, and everything worked fine again.
Well, if it worked again after a restart, I wouldn't have been so surprised, but I restarted several times in the process of trying to get the sound back & it made no difference.
Maybe my computer got jealous that I was using a different comp...? 🤣
That seems like it might be a hardware problem.
Maybe your sound card is about to give up the ghost 😕
14 years ago
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Quote from WandereroftheDeep
That seems like it might be a hardware problem.
Maybe your sound card is about to give up the ghost 😕
Could be, but I have no idea how I would tell.
Device manager never showed a problem, though, which makes me think it's not hardware...but then again, I don't know how reliable device manage is for something like this.
"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
14 years ago
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Quote from TofuQueen
Quote from WandereroftheDeep
That seems like it might be a hardware problem.
Maybe your sound card is about to give up the ghost 😕Could be, but I have no idea how I would tell.
Device manager never showed a problem, though, which makes me think it's not hardware...but then again, I don't know how reliable device manage is for something like this.
I think device manager only shows you whether or not your speakers and microphone are working, but I don't think it shows the status of your sound card; I could be wrong though. 😳
14 years ago
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Have you tried connecting other speakers through a different audio jack/usb slot?
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14 years ago
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Quote from mattai
Have you tried connecting other speakers through a different audio jack/usb slot?
I don't have any other speakers, but these worked fine when I connected them to the tv, and worked fine again when the sound mysteriously came back.
Now the sound is gone again. 😢
Starting to think my sound card/chip/whatever-it-is must be in the process of dying, which probably means it's time for a new computer as a lot of what I do needs sound. Sigh.
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-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
14 years ago
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Try formatting before buying a new rig, just to be sure.
14 years ago
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Quote from Scyfon
Try formatting before buying a new rig, just to be sure.
If this was a better computer, I might, but this one is over three years old & wasn't exactly speedy/fancy when I bought it...also, it would be really hard to back up everything I want to keep, AND it didn't come with a disc to reinstall from. (_)
If I can't get the sound going on this computer, I'll probably get a new computer, transfer everything over, and then try formatting and see if I can get this old one running again for my 4-year-old to use - unfortunately most of his games really need the sound since he can't read, so without the sound it's not too useful.
Bleah.
"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
Member14 years ago
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You can just connect the old HD to the new PC
if there's enough S-ATA ports. Downgrading from
the new HD to the old one doesn't makes any sense.
