System beep when adjusting volume control?

[Charger 69]

Hey all, using Windows XP Pro here, had no problems with it for the longest time (2+ years?), then suddenly one day my speakers decide that they do not want to play at full capacity anymore. (Barely audible at whatever they're stuck on now..) So I go though the drivers, update them, check the sound card, working, check the speakers, they work, finally come to the conclusion it's gotta be XP. (I also plowed through hundreds of posts but nothing said anything relevant to my situation, or so it seemed) So I look through the Volume Control and find that whenever I move the slider for Play Control (or Device Volume, guess they're the same slider, different names) the computer gives me a system beep. (the old error BEEP sound) Anyone know what's up with this?

I also noticed after this happened the dial on my speakers does nothing to turn up the volume. I used to be able to adjust my volume both by my speakers as well as by my PC, now it seems it can only be adjusted by my PC. (and at which it's stuck on a barely audible level...)


Anyone able to solve this problem?

-Thanks.

p.s. The Sound card is a Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum, speakers are Klipsch THX 5.1

[Charger 69]

Anyone? Still getting system beep after trying misc. other things. And system volume still appears to be set low...

[Stalin959]

card/driver/codec bit the dust, perhaps?

[Charger 69]

Originally Posted by Stalin959

card/driver/codec bit the dust, perhaps?

Drivers and codec are up to date... card was working flawlessly, still is (connected it to headset), no problems. It's windows, unfortunately I don't know how to fix it... it has to be in the volume control. I guess I'm gonna have to do a clean install of XP again...

[tharglet]

I remember Win XP killed my sound driver somehow. I had to uninstall it fully, then reinstall. (Installing over the top retained some setting that killed my 5.1. Is it AC97 audio? That was what I was using)
If other speakers seem to work fine on the soundcard, then it could be the volume knob has died on your speakers.

[Charger 69]

AC97 Audio? Sorry not familiar with what that is.. (I'm an experienced PC user but not really computer-smart haha)

I'll have to try the thing with another set of speakers, but something tells me it's windows cause whenever adjusting the slider results in that annoying system beep, so probably something to do with the audio stuff... ugh

[neespapa]

The problem is registry borne and was induced (in my case) by RegCure. The restate, the Windows default tone for the volume control that gets louder or softer as you adjust the volume from the task bar disappeared and was replaced by a single 'beep' from the system speaker. This will fix it:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Go to '6. Restore System Default Sounds' and follow the instructions.