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No sound...driving me crazy...
First...thank you for any help anyone can give me.
A few months ago, I lost sound. Things got crazy and I didn't have time to deal with it. NOW, I am completely obsessed with trying to figure this out.
Had sound issues where no sound is coming from speakers or headphone
jack. Did diagnostic tests and all seemed fine (no X or !). I checked to make sure nothing was muted and volumes are where they are supposed to be.
I removed OEM (Dell Dimension 4550) soundblaster card from slot and inserted another soundcard from a friend to see if it was a soundcard issue or other issue. Sound played, but it wasn't a surround sound card, so it sounded dull. I then went and purchased at Staples the SoundBlaster
Audigy SE card and installed it. NO SOUND. It is installed on my computer, but isn't working so.....something isn't right. WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THIS? I have a feeling I didn't have to buy a new soundcard...but at this point I don't care.
As I am typing this, I was running a virus scan to see if that might be the issue. I heard a bleep!!! Sound. It was muted. I decided to check a music file and played it. I cranked the sound all the way up and I can barely barely barely hear it play.
Any ideas? I really appreciate any help.
Here's info from Belarc. Not sure if there is any info included that shouldn't be posted. I am a novice. If I need to take something out LET ME KNOW:
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4550
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp.
Bus Clock: 400 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A03 11/12/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
79.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
47.20 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8483B
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
ST380021A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 3HV4A6JZ, rev 3.75, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM_A' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 79.99 GB 47.20 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 3/25/2005 4:47:12 PM (admin)
11/17/2006 8:11:24 AM (admin)
1/2/2007 11:11:32 PM (admin)
local system accounts
ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
SUPPORT_3f151ab9 never
Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account hp officejet k series on DOT4_001
hp officejet k series fax on DOT4_001
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 [Display adapter]
DELL 1504FP [Monitor] (14.6"vis, s/n 5R1082B8C9QX, November 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD
Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2
Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4
Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7
Sound Blaster Audigy
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
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Linear Mode
