Realtek AC'97: no sound

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john richmond - 24 Jun 2006 15:26 GMT

I have a correctly functioning Realtek card, newly reinstalled driver,
everything unmuted but, despite that, there is no sound coming from the
onboard speakers. I have not looked at the BIOS yet because I am new to
Windows.

Any help gratefully accepted,

-j

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Chris Laarman - 25 Jun 2006 10:26 GMT

john richmond (john.l.richmond@googlemail.com) in
1151159202.863468.291630@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

> I have a correctly functioning Realtek card, newly reinstalled driver,
> everything unmuted but, despite that, there is no sound coming from
> the onboard speakers. I have not looked at the BIOS yet because I am
> new to Windows.

The BIOS is part of the hardware, so being new to an operating system is
irrelevant. :-)
Anyway, when Windows reports hardware as functioning, it won't be disabled
in the BIOS.

The only additional cause I can think of (but there may be many more!):
Have you selected those speakers as the audio output device (rather than
Bluetooth audio, a USB device or whatever)?

Then Windows default is set through Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices

| Audio | Sound playback Default device, but applications may offer to

override that default for themselves.

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john richmond - 26 Jun 2006 13:02 GMT

> The only additional cause I can think of (but there may be many more!):
> Have you selected those speakers as the audio output device (rather than
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> | Audio | Sound playback Default device, but applications may offer to
> override that default for themselves.

Thanks Chris. The correct speakers are set up as the output device on
the Control Panel. The problem seems to be more general than a single
app--there are no System sounds.

-j

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