Volume control in opeperable
 

running a bog standard pc AMD duron with win 98se 2 cdrom drives 2 hard
drives 512 meg ram and a couple of small regular speakers connected to the
speaker output socket.

there are two (s/w) cd players installed. C:\SCSI\WCDPLAY.EXE and
C:\WINDOWS\CDPLAYER.EXE.

also media player 9
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"

and some nero media stuff
"C:\Program Files\Ahead\NeroMediaPlayer\NeroMediaPlayer.exe"

Now the problem is - I cant seem to access my volume control or locate any
settings for it.

if i play a mp3 file with media player 9 the sound on my system speakers is
very quiet and although it can be controlled by MP9's own volume control the
out put is very low volume

if i play a regular CD using CDPLAYER.exe i get a bit louder volume but not
by much . also on the view menu when i click on VOLUME control - nothing
happens.

in addition if i try to start file SDNVOL.exe from
Start-progs-accessories-entertainment nothing happens.

so how can i access my volume control and its settings.

or more accurately should i be asking Whats happened?

rgds
Ramon A

Here is basically all I know of audio, except you may also look at a
list of audio devices/drivers in Device Manager. If you go that way,
BETTER be sure of what you've got now, so that you may change back to
it. To see what you've got now...

(a) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab, Sound Video & Game
Controllers branch".
(b) D-Clk the devices under it, each in turn, for Properties.
(c) Click the Driver tab, & then click the "Update Driver button".
(d) Bolt "Display a list..", & click "Next".
What shows up in the "Models" box?
(e) Finally, bolt "Show all hardware".
What is lit up in both the left & right panes?

That is what is currently installed & active. If you choose others from
the left/right panes (& click "Next"), it will constitute an uninstall
of the old & an install of the new. Well, here is all I know...

With the computer off, un/re-plug all audio wires.

Well, try "START, Run, CDPLAYER". It is simpler than, for instance, WMP.
If you get sound there, then it's a setting in WMP, or whatever, at
fault.

(1) Is the sound muted? D-Clk the speaker icon in the Tray to see. If no
speaker is there, then "START button, Settings, Control Panel,
Multimedia", & check the box for it at bottom.

(2) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, Multimedia,
Volume Control". If it is shown as installed (checked), then uncheck it,
OK your way out, & even perhaps reboot. Then, do it all again, but this
time CHECK it.

(3) In my case, the volume control appears to be part of my audio
drivers...

When I do the following procedure, I am asked to supply drivers during
boot. I bypass the request, & end up with none. Then, I run an .exe
downloaded from Compaq, which puts them back in. Or, I go to a folder &
click a Setup.exe in there, when I want the older drivers.

The point is-- YOU may have to do it that way too. So, prepare.

(a) Boot to Safe Mode. (Enable Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button.)
(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".
(c) Open the "Sound, video & game controllers" branch, & delete all
devices under it. This is meant to eliminate "ghosts" of drivers past,
which are invisible in Normal Mode.
(d) Reboot to Normal Mode.
(e) Install your Sound Drivers, if they haven't automatically been
detected.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ramon A" wrote in message
...
| running a bog standard pc AMD duron with win 98se 2 cdrom drives 2
hard
| drives 512 meg ram and a couple of small regular speakers connected
to the
| speaker output socket.
|
| there are two (s/w) cd players installed. C:\SCSI\WCDPLAY.EXE and
| C:\WINDOWS\CDPLAYER.EXE.
|
| also media player 9
| C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
|
| and some nero media stuff
| "C:\Program Files\Ahead\NeroMediaPlayer\NeroMediaPlayer.exe"
|
| Now the problem is - I cant seem to access my volume control or locate
any
| settings for it.
|
| if i play a mp3 file with media player 9 the sound on my system
speakers is
| very quiet and although it can be controlled by MP9's own volume
control the
| out put is very low volume
|
| if i play a regular CD using CDPLAYER.exe i get a bit louder volume
but not
| by much . also on the view menu when i click on VOLUME control -
nothing
| happens.
|
| in addition if i try to start file SDNVOL.exe from
| Start-progs-accessories-entertainment nothing happens.
|
| so how can i access my volume control and its settings.
|
| or more accurately should i be asking Whats happened?
|
| rgds
| Ramon A
|
|
|

PCR, thanks for the assistance with this problem, I have some other issues
to work through and i will be delayed a bit in following your suggestions. i
will get back soonest
Ramon
"PCR" wrote in message
...
Here is basically all I know of audio, except you may also look at a
list of audio devices/drivers in Device Manager. If you go that way,
BETTER be sure of what you've got now, so that you may change back to
it. To see what you've got now...

(a) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab, Sound Video & Game
Controllers branch".
(b) D-Clk the devices under it, each in turn, for Properties.
(c) Click the Driver tab, & then click the "Update Driver button".
(d) Bolt "Display a list..", & click "Next".
What shows up in the "Models" box?
(e) Finally, bolt "Show all hardware".
What is lit up in both the left & right panes?

That is what is currently installed & active. If you choose others from
the left/right panes (& click "Next"), it will constitute an uninstall
of the old & an install of the new. Well, here is all I know...

With the computer off, un/re-plug all audio wires.

Well, try "START, Run, CDPLAYER". It is simpler than, for instance, WMP.
If you get sound there, then it's a setting in WMP, or whatever, at
fault.

(1) Is the sound muted? D-Clk the speaker icon in the Tray to see. If no
speaker is there, then "START button, Settings, Control Panel,
Multimedia", & check the box for it at bottom.

(2) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, Multimedia,
Volume Control". If it is shown as installed (checked), then uncheck it,
OK your way out, & even perhaps reboot. Then, do it all again, but this
time CHECK it.

(3) In my case, the volume control appears to be part of my audio
drivers...

When I do the following procedure, I am asked to supply drivers during
boot. I bypass the request, & end up with none. Then, I run an .exe
downloaded from Compaq, which puts them back in. Or, I go to a folder &
click a Setup.exe in there, when I want the older drivers.

The point is-- YOU may have to do it that way too. So, prepare.

(a) Boot to Safe Mode. (Enable Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button.)
(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".
(c) Open the "Sound, video & game controllers" branch, & delete all
devices under it. This is meant to eliminate "ghosts" of drivers past,
which are invisible in Normal Mode.
(d) Reboot to Normal Mode.
(e) Install your Sound Drivers, if they haven't automatically been
detected.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ramon A" wrote in message
...
| running a bog standard pc AMD duron with win 98se 2 cdrom drives 2
hard
| drives 512 meg ram and a couple of small regular speakers connected
to the
| speaker output socket.
|
| there are two (s/w) cd players installed. C:\SCSI\WCDPLAY.EXE and
| C:\WINDOWS\CDPLAYER.EXE.
|
| also media player 9
| C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
|
| and some nero media stuff
| "C:\Program Files\Ahead\NeroMediaPlayer\NeroMediaPlayer.exe"
|
| Now the problem is - I cant seem to access my volume control or locate
any
| settings for it.
|
| if i play a mp3 file with media player 9 the sound on my system
speakers is
| very quiet and although it can be controlled by MP9's own volume
control the
| out put is very low volume
|
| if i play a regular CD using CDPLAYER.exe i get a bit louder volume
but not
| by much . also on the view menu when i click on VOLUME control -
nothing
| happens.
|
| in addition if i try to start file SDNVOL.exe from
| Start-progs-accessories-entertainment nothing happens.
|
| so how can i access my volume control and its settings.
|
| or more accurately should i be asking Whats happened?
|
| rgds
| Ramon A
|
|
|

You are welcome. Keep us informed.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ramon A" wrote in message
...
| PCR, thanks for the assistance with this problem, I have some other
issues
| to work through and i will be delayed a bit in following your
suggestions. i
| will get back soonest
| Ramon
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| Here is basically all I know of audio, except you may also look at a
| list of audio devices/drivers in Device Manager. If you go that way,
| BETTER be sure of what you've got now, so that you may change back
to
| it. To see what you've got now...
|
| (a) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab, Sound Video & Game
| Controllers branch".
| (b) D-Clk the devices under it, each in turn, for Properties.
| (c) Click the Driver tab, & then click the "Update Driver button".
| (d) Bolt "Display a list..", & click "Next".
| What shows up in the "Models" box?
| (e) Finally, bolt "Show all hardware".
| What is lit up in both the left & right panes?
|
| That is what is currently installed & active. If you choose others
from
| the left/right panes (& click "Next"), it will constitute an
uninstall
| of the old & an install of the new. Well, here is all I know...
|
| With the computer off, un/re-plug all audio wires.
|
| Well, try "START, Run, CDPLAYER". It is simpler than, for instance,
WMP.
| If you get sound there, then it's a setting in WMP, or whatever, at
| fault.
|
| (1) Is the sound muted? D-Clk the speaker icon in the Tray to see.
If no
| speaker is there, then "START button, Settings, Control Panel,
| Multimedia", & check the box for it at bottom.
|
| (2) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab,
Multimedia,
| Volume Control". If it is shown as installed (checked), then uncheck
it,
| OK your way out, & even perhaps reboot. Then, do it all again, but
this
| time CHECK it.
|
| (3) In my case, the volume control appears to be part of my audio
| drivers...
|
| When I do the following procedure, I am asked to supply drivers
during
| boot. I bypass the request, & end up with none. Then, I run an .exe
| downloaded from Compaq, which puts them back in. Or, I go to a
folder &
| click a Setup.exe in there, when I want the older drivers.
|
| The point is-- YOU may have to do it that way too. So, prepare.
|
| (a) Boot to Safe Mode. (Enable Startup Menu at "START, Run,
MSConfig,
| Advanced button.)
| (b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".
| (c) Open the "Sound, video & game controllers" branch, & delete all
| devices under it. This is meant to eliminate "ghosts" of drivers
past,
| which are invisible in Normal Mode.
| (d) Reboot to Normal Mode.
| (e) Install your Sound Drivers, if they haven't automatically been
| detected.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Ramon A" wrote in message
| ...
| | running a bog standard pc AMD duron with win 98se 2 cdrom drives 2
| hard
| | drives 512 meg ram and a couple of small regular speakers
connected
| to the
| | speaker output socket.
| |
| | there are two (s/w) cd players installed. C:\SCSI\WCDPLAY.EXE and
| | C:\WINDOWS\CDPLAYER.EXE.
| |
| | also media player 9
| | C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
| |
| | and some nero media stuff
| | "C:\Program Files\Ahead\NeroMediaPlayer\NeroMediaPlayer.exe"
| |
| | Now the problem is - I cant seem to access my volume control or
locate
| any
| | settings for it.
| |
| | if i play a mp3 file with media player 9 the sound on my system
| speakers is
| | very quiet and although it can be controlled by MP9's own volume
| control the
| | out put is very low volume
| |
| | if i play a regular CD using CDPLAYER.exe i get a bit louder
volume
| but not
| | by much . also on the view menu when i click on VOLUME control -
| nothing
| | happens.
| |
| | in addition if i try to start file SDNVOL.exe from
| | Start-progs-accessories-entertainment nothing happens.
| |
| | so how can i access my volume control and its settings.
| |
| | or more accurately should i be asking Whats happened?
| |
| | rgds
| | Ramon A
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|