DiscerningCatholic Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I can't get any sound on my computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Did you try deleting System32? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark of the Cross Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Make sure it is connected to a power socket and the on/off switch is set to on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well make me into a meme and call me Derp! I can't hear from the computer speakers, but I can hear through headphones! Not horrible, since I use headphones most of the time, but I like the computer speakers for when I vlog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='DiscerningCatholic' timestamp='1352933300' post='2510062'] Well make me into a meme and call me Derp! I can't hear from the computer speakers, but I can hear through headphones! Not horrible, since I use headphones most of the time, but I like the computer speakers for when I vlog. [/quote] It could be that the speakers require a certain kind of driver software that you do not have installed on your PC, having switched to Windows 8. What is the brand and model of speakers that you are using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamin Catholic Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I'd go into the control panel, select sound devices; and check what is the default output device. If more than one shows up, switch them and see what that does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Try restarting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I know this is probably stupid, but it's perhaps possible that your headphone switch is broken. This is known to happen on iPhones. The common fix? Q-Tip. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayScKPuZPuM&feature=youtube_gdata[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark of the Cross Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) [quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352934942' post='2510078'] I know this is probably stupid, but it's perhaps possible that your headphone switch is broken. This is known to happen on iPhones. The common fix? Q-Tip. [/quote] Ummm she said computer. I'm assuming the same sound device operates both headphones and speakers on separate jacks. Sound card/onboard device, Speaker/amplifier issue???? Nihils suggestion maybe. Edited November 14, 2012 by Mark of the Cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='Mark of the Cross' timestamp='1352935453' post='2510085'] Ummm she said computer. I'm assuming the same sound device operates both headphones and speakers on separate jacks. Sound card/onboard device, Speaker/amplifier issue???? [/quote] Don't count this as being accurate to this particular device, but headphone jacks have a switch built into them, such that when you insert your headphones it will switch the audio for the built in speakers off, and turn the headphone audio on. Sometimes that switch gets dirty/bent/whatever and it stops working, and this is well known in iPhones, where headphones work but the speaker does not, or vice versa. This diagram demonstrates the "switch." [img]http://www.ve3syb.ca/radio/icf2010-phonejack.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352935741' post='2510086'] Don't count this as being accurate to this particular device, but headphone jacks have a switch built into them, such that when you insert your headphones it will switch the audio for the built in speakers off, and turn the headphone audio on. Sometimes that switch gets dirty/bent/whatever and it stops working, and this is well known in iPhones, where headphones work but the speaker does not, or vice versa. This diagram demonstrates the "switch." [img]http://www.ve3syb.ca/radio/icf2010-phonejack.jpg[/img] [/quote] Simple test- plug/unplug your headphones quickly a few times, and see if it comes back. Doing that will cycle the contacts on the headphone jack's switch. Still, I am not sure this is the likely culprit, since your computer is so new, but as this problem is well known in new iPhones I don't wonder if maybe Foxconn has been using low-grade jacks. (Almost all laptops/phones/electronics these days get made in one of a handful of Foxconn factories.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamin Catholic Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='Mark of the Cross' timestamp='1352935453' post='2510085'] Ummm she said computer. I'm assuming the same sound device operates both headphones and speakers on separate jacks. Sound card/onboard device, Speaker/amplifier issue???? Nihils suggestion maybe. [/quote] A lot of speaker systems now a days tend to be USB. So it ends up showing as different devices to Windows. I've had the same problem as the OP before. Should be a fairly easy fix, especially on a newer computer. Just a lot of trial and error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamin Catholic Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352935976' post='2510087'] I don't wonder if maybe Foxconn has been using low-grade jacks. (Almost all laptops/phones/electronics these days get made in one of a handful of Foxconn factories.) [/quote] And thats why my PC's get built in my living room...I have full control over what goes into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='Roamin_Catholic' timestamp='1352936143' post='2510089'] And thats why my PC's get built in my living room...I have full control over what goes into it. [/quote] That's a nice thing. I built my last desktop that way. Sadly you can't do a laptop piece-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamin Catholic Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352936724' post='2510092'] That's a nice thing. I built my last desktop that way. Sadly you can't do a laptop piece-wise. [/quote] Stupid motherboards and proprietary cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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