Looking for a little help. My son borrowed the speakers from my computer. When they were returned, no sound. The speakers work on his system, not mine. Any ideas?
Computer Audio Issue
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SmokeyTheBear
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Did you plug them into the correct jack (some sound setups have multiple jacks that are the same size easy to plug the speakers into a line in or microphone jack) and is the volume control turned up on the computer or did you use earphones while the system was borrowed and still have the earphones plugged in?
SmokeyTheBear said:
Yes, plugged into correct jack, it has about 5, tried them all. Volume control up. No headphones. Thanks for the reply.
External computer speakers are generally powered externally (battery, wall-wart). You might look there, to see that they're powered. The audio card generally does not provide power (at low impedance) but simply signal voltage (at much higher impedance.)
does your system have digital audio out (HDMI or other)?
When you unplugged the speakers it may have sensed it and switched audio ports and is too stupid to switch back on it's own (sister-in-laws HP does this)
When you unplugged the speakers it may have sensed it and switched audio ports and is too stupid to switch back on it's own (sister-in-laws HP does this)
Got it fixed, guys, thanks. Just kept screwing with it and got it to work. Not sure what the real fix was.
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