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Volume control problem
Recently, my pc (win98)stopped playing mp3 and other sound
files. The Microsoft knowledge base did not answer my query, but from it I discovered what I think is the problem. The volume control has six slide controls, the second from the left being "wave balance". Songs continue playing in a folder, for example, but if you play an individual song then click another one the "wave balance" slide control somehow resets itself to the lowest value and the song is inaudible. This affects other sound as well, eg the default sounds in various Windows applications. Anyone know what has caused this, or more importantly, how to fix it? Thanks in advance |
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Volume control problem
Not really. But I did suffer it once, & eventually it went away. Do you
have NetZero? Not sure, but turning off/on it's dialer sound may have been it. Otherwise... well, play with the sound controls in each app that uses it, including... close all open apps, & "START button, Run, DxDiag". Then... Here is basically all I know of audio, except you may also look at a list of audio devices/drivers in Device Manager. If you go that way, BETTER be sure of what you've got now, so that you may change back to it. To see what you've got now... (a) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab, Sound Video & Game Controllers branch". (b) D-Clk the devices under it, each in turn, for Properties. (c) Click the Driver tab, & then click the "Update Driver button". (d) Bolt "Display a list..", & click "Next". What shows up in the "Models" box? (e) Finally, bolt "Show all hardware". What is lit up in both the left & right panes? That is what is currently installed & active. If you choose others from the left/right panes (& click "Next"), it will constitute an uninstall of the old & an install of the new. Well, here is all I know... With the computer off, un/re-plug all audio wires. Well, try "START, Run, CDPLAYER". It is simpler than, for instance, WMP. If you get sound there, then it's a setting in WMP, or whatever, at fault. (1) Is the sound muted? D-Clk the speaker icon in the Tray to see. If no speaker is there, then "START button, Settings, Control Panel, Multimedia", & check the box for it at bottom. (2) I understand the volume control is oddly incorporated in "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, Multimedia, Sound Recorder". If it is shown as installed (checked), then uncheck it, OK your way out, & even perhaps reboot. Then, do it all again, but this time CHECK it. (3) In my case, the volume control appears to be part of my audio drivers... When I do the following procedure, I am asked to supply drivers during boot. I bypass the request, & end up with none. Then, I run an .exe downloaded from Compaq, which puts them back in. Or, I go to a folder & click a Setup.exe in there, when I want the older drivers. The point is-- YOU may have to do it that way too. So, prepare. (a) Boot to Safe Mode. (Enable Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig, Advanced button.) (b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab". (c) Open the "Sound, video & game controllers" branch, & delete all devices under it. This is meant to eliminate "ghosts" of drivers past, which are invisible in Normal Mode. (d) Reboot to Normal Mode. (e) Install your Sound Drivers, if they haven't automatically been detected. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Cyathodes" wrote in message ... | Recently, my pc (win98)stopped playing mp3 and other sound | files. The Microsoft knowledge base did not answer my | query, but from it I discovered what I think is the | problem. The volume control has six slide controls, the | second from the left being "wave balance". Songs continue | playing in a folder, for example, but if you play an | individual song then click another one the "wave balance" | slide control somehow resets itself to the lowest value | and the song is inaudible. This affects other sound as | well, eg the default sounds in various Windows | applications. Anyone know what has caused this, or more | importantly, how to fix it? | Thanks in advance |
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