Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound

Maus · 08-18-2007, 12:06 AM

Howdy, I no longer have sound on my PC. In the space between having sound and not, I've put in a new PSU and a HD2900XT.

It's an integrated sound card, and it's entirely possible that I forgot to reconnect something to the power supply, but since the sound is on the mobo and everything else is fine, I'm stumped. Any hints?

Oh, it's a Core2 e6400 running Vista, if that's necessary info (hp pavilion m7760n)

edit: This loss of sound is nothing to do with my speakers -- headphones don't work either -- and affects both the sound output on the back of the machine and the one on the front.

tiny update: master volume was set to zero somehow, but all I'm hearing seems to be coming from an onboard speaker (little "bings" when I adjust the volume slider)

Maus · 08-18-2007, 01:42 AM

D'oh! This is actually some completely different issue. When I got my speakers, they overrode my Plantronics headset and I could never get it to work again. Until now -- and now of course the speakers don't work instead. Feh.

Move along people, there's nothing to see here

ChopStick · 08-18-2007, 08:01 AM

Glad we could help.

Maus · 08-18-2007, 01:12 PM

Seriously, you guys are awesome :P

Oh man though, I have to blurt about this somewhere: I totally didn't appreciate how much of a difference a video card upgrade would make. From 40fps on medium settings and 800x600 in FEAR to 120fps maxed out. This is sweet - now I just need Bioshock and nobody will ever see me again.

ChopStick · 08-18-2007, 01:15 PM

Yea in about a week I'm building my new comp (E6850, 8800 GTX). I'm upgrading from a 5+ year old comp (1 ghz athlon, 32 mb vid card). Going to be sweet.

Jimbostein · 08-18-2007, 03:09 PM

I just did that (new rig put together last night...finally built my first computer!) after my old 5 yr comp got too slow. Man, what a difference, Quad-core is awesome! I was transferring about 90GB of data from my other computer to this one, downloading about 3GB worth the Windows Updates, and installing MS Office and I was STILL able to listen to some music without studdering.

08-18-2007, 12:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Maus Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 326	Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound Howdy, I no longer have sound on my PC. In the space between having sound and not, I've put in a new PSU and a HD2900XT. It's an integrated sound card, and it's entirely possible that I forgot to reconnect something to the power supply, but since the sound is on the mobo and everything else is fine, I'm stumped. Any hints? Oh, it's a Core2 e6400 running Vista, if that's necessary info (hp pavilion m7760n) edit: This loss of sound is nothing to do with my speakers -- headphones don't work either -- and affects both the sound output on the back of the machine and the one on the front. tiny update: master volume was set to zero somehow, but all I'm hearing seems to be coming from an onboard speaker (little "bings" when I adjust the volume slider) __________________ 2142: \|TG-Irr\| Silverfish BF2: \|TG-Irr\| Maus

08-18-2007, 01:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Maus Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 326	Re: Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound D'oh! This is actually some completely different issue. When I got my speakers, they overrode my Plantronics headset and I could never get it to work again. Until now -- and now of course the speakers don't work instead. Feh. Move along people, there's nothing to see here __________________ 2142: \|TG-Irr\| Silverfish BF2: \|TG-Irr\| Maus

08-18-2007, 08:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
ChopStick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Toronto Age: 21 Posts: 289	Re: Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound Glad we could help.

08-18-2007, 01:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Maus Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 326	Re: Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound Seriously, you guys are awesome :P Oh man though, I have to blurt about this somewhere: I totally didn't appreciate how much of a difference a video card upgrade would make. From 40fps on medium settings and 800x600 in FEAR to 120fps maxed out. This is sweet - now I just need Bioshock and nobody will ever see me again. __________________ 2142: \|TG-Irr\| Silverfish BF2: \|TG-Irr\| Maus

08-18-2007, 01:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
ChopStick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Toronto Age: 21 Posts: 289	Re: Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound Yea in about a week I'm building my new comp (E6850, 8800 GTX). I'm upgrading from a 5+ year old comp (1 ghz athlon, 32 mb vid card). Going to be sweet.

08-18-2007, 03:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jimbostein Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Age: 26 Posts: 55	Re: Need a little help diagnosing a loss of sound I just did that (new rig put together last night...finally built my first computer!) after my old 5 yr comp got too slow. Man, what a difference, Quad-core is awesome! I was transferring about 90GB of data from my other computer to this one, downloading about 3GB worth the Windows Updates, and installing MS Office and I was STILL able to listen to some music without studdering.

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