is called for and look into Sound, Video and Game Controllers may reveal a problem device.
I have a dell inspiron 4150, and I use windows XP. I also have a moronic brother who was using my laptop when I was out of town (against my wishes). Of course, when I was away he broke it and he doesn't know how.
My problem is this: no sound comes from the laptop speakers, and when you plug in headphones there's no sound there either. Is it possible to blow laptop speakers by playing something too loudly? But wouldn't the headphone jack still work? When video is playing, if you listen carefully, you can barely hear a very subtle hissing/humming sound. When you try to adjust the volume tab up and down it makes a sound like a zipper, and gets louder and softer. But that's it. I used the little troubleshooter thing but it didn't help much. I also tried to update the drivers, but frankly, I have no idea what I'm doing and I really don't want to mess it up anymore than it already is.

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