Need help! PC Sound Problems

kikmydog · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

i have some weird sound problems with my pc... dont kno if its the registry or something... Well, the problem is that anything dealing with the internet sounds dont work. Even most of my online games... Everything else like mp3/ media files work perfectly fine in anything. internet sounds and midi files dont work at all. It just happened out of nowhere. It might be becuz i have seperate speakers and speakers on my monitor. i rarely use the ones on my monitor and i had to since i was moving my pc downstairs and was too lazy to take my speaker system. and it worked fine with the monitor ones.. then i brought back upstairs and i made sure everything was connected correctly, and thats when it occurred. help plz ... dont kno how to fix it

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Zero_Fresh · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject:

I would suggest checking a re-checking all the audio connections. Make sure they are set properly and securely.

Check that nothing nothing is muted in your volume controls.

If that all checks out and you still have the problem, try updating you sound drivers and see if that works.
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kikmydog · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

tried everything, and yea i double checked and did everything u told me to. but still no luck... Do u think its something wrong with the registry?

Xal · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:46 am Post subject:

Download the latest drivers for you card then uninstall your existing sound drivers. When prompted to install the drivers hit cancel then install the drivers from the manufacturer, I don't mean point the windows driver installer to the files, I mean run the setup from the manufacturer. The diver installation app often deletes previous registry keys and removes older driver versions. Whenever you are having issues like this uninstalling the drivers goes a long way to solve the issues and if not it will at least rule out driver issues. As for the registry I would suggest that, if the uninstall and reinstall didn't work, you should uninstall the drivers again and then when you have restarted and windows prompts you to install just hit cancel. Then get a registry cleaner app (there are several on the net) and run it. Delete all the keys the cleaner shows as unneccessary and restart. Repeat the driver installation.

Hope that helps

Let us know if it works or not.
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kikmydog · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

even though i tried no use... any other suggestions?

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

Do you see any Errors in the system or application log?
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kikmydog · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

well i get the blue screen sometimes but it doesnt seem to be about audio issues

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

what does it say?

and i mean in the Event Log...in administrative tools....
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kikmydog · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

doesnt say much, doesnt say anything about audio error

kikmydog · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

wow.... very strange, i just changed the eq in my sound manager and it started working.. its very strange tho, cuz before, it worked fine on default eq and then i as i changed it, it worked...

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

hrm...yet another victim of the unexplainable int he computer world....lol

glad its fixed!
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