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Tommo Shanter
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:27 pm |
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For some reason I've lost the sound on my lappy today. I've rebooted after clearing out the usual crap, and also done a full system scan. I can't play dvds/cds either - using Power Cinema/Musicmatch - using Windows XP. I've checked the volume controls in Control Panel and they appear OK. Please don't tell me my sound card is up the Khyber.
Any advice much appreciated. The silence is deafening. |
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"i see your not interested in the transaction but catching your fun, calling names and my muckery of me." - Usman Bello
"You need to visit a good psychiatrist very fast, because some nuts are missing from your brain." - PROF.SOLUDO
"...it is very important you forward the your cycling proficiency certificate which by right belongs to you." - Prof Charles Soludo.
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Nanny Ogg
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:32 pm |
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You've not had a cat walk across the keyboard and hit the function keys?
Say F2?
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Tommo Shanter
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:34 pm |
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No cats, just fat fingers.
What does the F2 key do? Is it a bit like those notices that say 'Wet paint, do not touch'? |
_________________ £1,052,334.30 (=US$2,121,125.60) lads fake cheques out of circulation (at 11/6/2008)
x135 (at 26/9/2008) x138
"i see your not interested in the transaction but catching your fun, calling names and my muckery of me." - Usman Bello
"You need to visit a good psychiatrist very fast, because some nuts are missing from your brain." - PROF.SOLUDO
"...it is very important you forward the your cycling proficiency certificate which by right belongs to you." - Prof Charles Soludo.
"note i can still change my mind to blow you off and whenever" - T0ny 'The Killerman' Erik
YOUR GENERATION WILL ROAST IN ABSTRACT POVERTY,BASTARD IDIOT -Daniel Mensah
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Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:36 pm |
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Last week I turned down the sound on Real Player, I didn't want Hayley to think I was watching a porno movie or something.
I then spent the next couple of days checking over my system as the whole computer had gone mute.
Windows media player, games, the utility that came with my soundcard, The annoying chime from XP when you log on and off - everything, nada, zip!
When I tested a file on Realplayer again, I noticed the sound was still set to zero. Everything came back again. I'm sure that's not supposed to happen, but worth checking, Tommo. |
_________________ the European Union has bounced on our freckles
COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO THE BANK
our Agent is Completely broke, pocketless and stranded
I WLL SEND AN AFRICA WITCH TO ATTACH YOU BASTARD
You go die like bird
i started shouting HALLELUJAGOBBLE but none of them notice me immediately police arrested me due to the shouting
f*ck u asshole ur damn mother will loose ur fcuking skull brain ur brain is nothing to compare with rat f*ck ur u
MY FRIEND ALEX WAS DETAINED IN POLICE STATION
I am not happy due to the question i answered at money office. Let me tell you do not play with me ok.
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Slightlyoutofit
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Joined: 13 Feb 2007
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Location: Foraging for Nuts.
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:45 pm |
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Hang on Roy. I'll just edit that to say what you meant to write.
Roycropper wrote: |
Last week I turned down the sound on Real Player, I didn't want Hayley to know I was watching a porno movie or something.
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Tommo. Have you tried fiddling with the specific sound card settings rather than just the master volume controls in Control Panel? Also, go check that your card is working OK in Device Manager. |
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God will see you true for all this you have done to me you bastard. - Collins Kalu
MAY THE HAND THAT TYPE ON KEYBORD BECOME STRICKEN AND TRANSMIT VIRUS TO YOU ENTIRE BODY. - Dr Linda Akeem
oh what a mess its time cabbage punks like u will be expose for trully what they are. - David Cole
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Tsnerd
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:54 pm |
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You don't happen to have one of those keyboards with all the 'helpful' buttons on it, do you? My son has hit the mute button more times than I can count; the first time it just drove me absolutley buggers trying to figure out where the hell my sound went. |
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Tommo Shanter
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Joined: 13 Jan 2006
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:57 pm |
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Slightlyoutofit wrote: |
Tommo. Have you tried fiddling with the specific sound card settings rather than jusat the master volume controls in Control Panel? Also, go check that your card is working OK in Device Manager. |
Thanks for that.
I wouldn't know where the sound card settings are? Also not sure where to find and what to do in Device Manager. |
_________________ £1,052,334.30 (=US$2,121,125.60) lads fake cheques out of circulation (at 11/6/2008)
x135 (at 26/9/2008) x138
"i see your not interested in the transaction but catching your fun, calling names and my muckery of me." - Usman Bello
"You need to visit a good psychiatrist very fast, because some nuts are missing from your brain." - PROF.SOLUDO
"...it is very important you forward the your cycling proficiency certificate which by right belongs to you." - Prof Charles Soludo.
"note i can still change my mind to blow you off and whenever" - T0ny 'The Killerman' Erik
YOUR GENERATION WILL ROAST IN ABSTRACT POVERTY,BASTARD IDIOT -Daniel Mensah
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wokabo
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 23 Sep 2004
Posts: 825
Location: best beer country in onomatopoeia world
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:58 pm |
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Tommo,
check if the hardware is still properly installed.
Right-click on 'My Computer', click Properties, Hardware Tab, Device Manager; check if you have anything in the tree structure that has an exclamation mark on it, or if you have anything in the 'Other hardware' section (marked with a yellow question mark). If the driver is installed properly it should be under the section 'Sound, video and game controllers'.
If that is the case, reinstalling the driver may help. The easiest way to do this is if you have the installation cd available. Putting it into the cd drive and clicking next next next ... finish may do the trick. Even if the driver seems to be properly installed this is worth a try.
If you don't have the cd you have to find out what the exact hardware is and get the driver from the manufacturer's (PC's or soundcard's) web site. |
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Roycropper
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Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:58 pm |
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Slightlyoutofit wrote: |
Hang on Roy. I'll just edit that to say what you meant to write. |
Those Japanese girls are very noisy...
Do check realplayer though, its not meant to be a master control, but on my PC it acts as one. |
_________________ the European Union has bounced on our freckles
COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO THE BANK
our Agent is Completely broke, pocketless and stranded
I WLL SEND AN AFRICA WITCH TO ATTACH YOU BASTARD
You go die like bird
i started shouting HALLELUJAGOBBLE but none of them notice me immediately police arrested me due to the shouting
f*ck u asshole ur damn mother will loose ur fcuking skull brain ur brain is nothing to compare with rat f*ck ur u
MY FRIEND ALEX WAS DETAINED IN POLICE STATION
I am not happy due to the question i answered at money office. Let me tell you do not play with me ok.
x4 6Yrs x6 |
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Tommo Shanter
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 5378
Location: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. - Euripides
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:00 pm |
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@Tsn
Is the mute button F2, if so how do I nuke it? |
_________________ £1,052,334.30 (=US$2,121,125.60) lads fake cheques out of circulation (at 11/6/2008)
x135 (at 26/9/2008) x138
"i see your not interested in the transaction but catching your fun, calling names and my muckery of me." - Usman Bello
"You need to visit a good psychiatrist very fast, because some nuts are missing from your brain." - PROF.SOLUDO
"...it is very important you forward the your cycling proficiency certificate which by right belongs to you." - Prof Charles Soludo.
"note i can still change my mind to blow you off and whenever" - T0ny 'The Killerman' Erik
YOUR GENERATION WILL ROAST IN ABSTRACT POVERTY,BASTARD IDIOT -Daniel Mensah
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Nanny Ogg
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Joined: 19 Mar 2007
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:14 pm |
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On that laptop the F2 key is up near the top. It acts as the mute. Varies from keyboard to keyboard which one is the mute button
The cat having, 4 paws, managed to hit the Fn key and F2 at the same time.
Took me ages to find out I had to hit the two at the same time to undo it.
Not so bad as the time he put sons laptop into Polish. Luckily son has a pal from Krakow.
Tried a healing crystal ,swearing and threatening.
Thats usually what I do. ( still killed my desktop though ) |
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Tsnerd
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:13 pm |
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I think Nanny is more familiar with the F2 thingie, Tommo; hopefully it is that or a similar hot key.
If it isn't your card or sound settings, it is probably that- did you try looking at your laptop manufacturer's web page? |
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Tommo Shanter
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
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Location: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. - Euripides
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:20 pm |
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Thanks for all the advice so far people.
I'm off to bed now and hopefully the sound fairy will sprinkle her magic dust during the night. Failing that my lappy may well be redecorating my wall in the morning. |
_________________ £1,052,334.30 (=US$2,121,125.60) lads fake cheques out of circulation (at 11/6/2008)
x135 (at 26/9/2008) x138
"i see your not interested in the transaction but catching your fun, calling names and my muckery of me." - Usman Bello
"You need to visit a good psychiatrist very fast, because some nuts are missing from your brain." - PROF.SOLUDO
"...it is very important you forward the your cycling proficiency certificate which by right belongs to you." - Prof Charles Soludo.
"note i can still change my mind to blow you off and whenever" - T0ny 'The Killerman' Erik
YOUR GENERATION WILL ROAST IN ABSTRACT POVERTY,BASTARD IDIOT -Daniel Mensah
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wokabo
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 23 Sep 2004
Posts: 825
Location: best beer country in onomatopoeia world
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:52 am |
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Tommo Shanter
Baiting Guru
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Location: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. - Euripides
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:54 am |
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<br>Thanks for all the advice people.
The sound fairy didn't sprinkle the magic dust overnight, but after some tweaking here and there this morning the sound problem has mysteriously resolved itself without recourse to percussive maintenance. For how long we shall see. |
_________________ £1,052,334.30 (=US$2,121,125.60) lads fake cheques out of circulation (at 11/6/2008)
x135 (at 26/9/2008) x138
"i see your not interested in the transaction but catching your fun, calling names and my muckery of me." - Usman Bello
"You need to visit a good psychiatrist very fast, because some nuts are missing from your brain." - PROF.SOLUDO
"...it is very important you forward the your cycling proficiency certificate which by right belongs to you." - Prof Charles Soludo.
"note i can still change my mind to blow you off and whenever" - T0ny 'The Killerman' Erik
YOUR GENERATION WILL ROAST IN ABSTRACT POVERTY,BASTARD IDIOT -Daniel Mensah
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Nanny Ogg
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:02 am |
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There, probably just needed it's aura cleansed.
Glad its going ok now
As you can gather my computer curing skills are nil.
I can put a pretty crystal on it and hope for the best. Usually leave it to hubby or son to do the sweary bits.
My desktop is firing up but not connecting to the internet.
Think we'll transfer any files we need to one of the laptops and scrap the old pedal driven monstrosity. |
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