Have you check all of your settings? Go to the control panel then click on sounds. Check the volume levels and increase as needed.
I have been having sound issues with my Dell 8200 computer running windows xp after I did a system repair using the windows disc. My sound is low even after I have truned the sound all the way up. I have a SoundBlaster sound card I have reinstalled all of the software and all of the drivers and I thought everything was going well but?.. I was at a site trying to get my local news feeds it open up in windows media player but when I tried to turn up the sound it was still very low. I turned it all the way up and still low. Does anyone have any ideas to what my problem could be?

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