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September 29th, 2003, 07:55 PM
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No sound card?
I am getting no sound. I have read or scanned much of the recent advice on this point on this board. I have investigated and tried many of steps of advice given others. I am the second owner of this computer. I am suspicious that that I do not have a sound card at all.
What I got back from belarc is: System Model: Toshiba Portable PC Version 1.0 Operating System: Windows 200 Professional Service Pack 4 Multimedia: Game port for Yamaha DS1 Yamaha Legacy DS1 WDM Driver Yamaha Native DS1 WDM Driver Other Devices: Microsoft AC Adapter Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery Toshiba FIR Port Type-DO [Infrared] Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Compatible Mouse Toshiba PCX1100U USB Cable Modem (WDM) USB Root Hub So are those Yamaha Drivers actually sound cards? Should I go to the Yamaha site to download new drivers? Well in truth, Im getting about 1% of the normal sound. If I lay my ear on the speaker I can barely make out what is being said. (Truly, I am not deaf!) Does that change your opinion? If I dont have a sound card, how hard (on say a scale of 1-10 with 10 being very hard) would it be for someone who is nearly a newbie to install a sound card? Thanks for all your help for us newbies! SwoBow |
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September 29th, 2003, 08:34 PM
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Same result with different speakers?
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September 30th, 2003, 04:03 AM
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Your speakers need to be powered speakers. The newer cards are no longer capable of driving the speakers. To test this, if you plug in headphones you should hear a louder volume.
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September 30th, 2003, 01:48 PM
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September 30th, 2003, 01:51 PM
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When I plug in headphones I hear nothing. |
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September 30th, 2003, 03:33 PM
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Aaah laptop, slightly different kettle of fish - make and model please?
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October 4th, 2003, 08:53 PM
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I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100. |
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October 5th, 2003, 07:44 AM
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ok first up - reinstall the drivers using the toshiba drivers here
To load these sound drivers, download them and unzip them to say c:\sound (self extracting). Next ascertain if there is a setup.exe in the unzipped files. Now right click my computer, properties, 3rd tab-hardware - device manager button. Under the listing for sound and multimedia, uninstall all items relating to yamaha and soundblaster emulation (if any). If the unzipped files contain a setup.exe, run that by double clicking the file - if not shut down and restart windows and when it detects the sound devices point windows to the c:\sound directory and it should find what it needs in one of the folders. Windows is specifically looking for a file ending .inf. For future reference, this is where you get your toshiba drivers and stuff Good luck!
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