no sound

I checked the device manager and also checked for muting. Both of these are okay. Should I have my external speakers hooked up? The computer has its own speakers. Shouldn't they be hooked up to the sound card inside the computer? Thanks for your help.

If you have internal speakers, you may not have them selected.

The selection is usually found in the Advanced Controls.

Here is a write-up on Advanced Controls:

http://joerandolph.homestead.com/Computer.html

Select the topic: "No Sound From My Sound Card"

Scroll down to step 4 "Check Advanced Controls"

See if you can find something in the Advanced Controls that will control your internal/external speaker setting.

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Joe

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thanks Joe, but I still can't get the speakers going. I just don't know what to do now.

If you have some head/ear-phones, plug them into the speaker connector for your sound adapter. Earphones from a portable CD player will work fine.

Play some music or sounds and see if you hear anything through the earphones.

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I did this and do hear sound in the headphones. This means that the sound card is fine right? Now what should I do?

I have pretty good speakers by KOSS. A wire going into the right speaker was cut somehow and someone put it back together for me. He twisted the wires together and then put electrical tape on them. Is this the reason there is no sound coming from the speakers? Would this not fix the problem with the wires? Do I have to buy new speakers now?

Your sound card is OK if you hear something with the earphones.

If the wire splicing was done correctly, the external speakers should be OK.

Of course, it is possible that when the wire was cut, that a short developed long enough to blow-out the amplifier for the speakers.

If they don't work, you will need new speakers.

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Regarding you in-built speakers:

Are the speakers located in the computer case or in the monitor? If they are in the monitor, there should be a cable that comes from the monitor that plugs into the sound adapter on the computer.

Is this a desktop or laptop computer?

What is brand name of computer?

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