Volume Control

I recently re-installed Win 98 on a backup computer. I
cannot get any sound out of the speakers. I had speakers
when I first installed Windows but then it disapeared. I
have since fixed that problem in the control panel and it
is now in the bottom right corner like it is supposed to
be, turned the volume all the way up on the speakers and
on the volume contron but still do not get any sound
(Event sounds or CD music). I have plugged another set of
speakers in and un-installed and re-installed the volume
control.
What else can I try?

Thanks for your help.

Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia Audio tab. Is your =
audio device listed as the Preferred device? In not, is it listed as a =
device in the drop down for selection?

Control Panel System Device Manager. Is your Audio device listed in =
Sound, Video and Game Controllers?

If all of the above are NO then you need to re-install your drivers for =
the device.

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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

"R Mathews" wrote in message
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| I recently re-installed Win 98 on a backup computer. I
| cannot get any sound out of the speakers. I had speakers
| when I first installed Windows but then it disapeared. I
| have since fixed that problem in the control panel and it
| is now in the bottom right corner like it is supposed to
| be, turned the volume all the way up on the speakers and
| on the volume contron but still do not get any sound
| (Event sounds or CD music). I have plugged another set of
| speakers in and un-installed and re-installed the volume
| control.
| What else can I try?
|
| Thanks for your help.