my sound coming from my computer is only about 40% of what it used to be.?
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A few things to think about:\n\n1) Open the mixer. Make sure the master volume and the wave volume are set high. Enable advanced controls and see if there is a preamp or other switch to increase volume.\n\n2) Make sure your speakers are plugged into the right socket. If you had them in the speaker output and now have them in the line out socket, you'd hear less volume (and probably less distortion, etc. too).\n\n3) Assuming the speakers are the same and the computer/sound card is the same, are the speakers plugged into the wall? If they use batteries, are they fresh?\n\n4) Did you blow your speakers or sound card with loud music?\n\n5) Did you blow your eardrums with loud music? Maybe everything seems 40% quieter? :-)
220172
if you have your mother board cd dump the sound drivers first and later go to the windows restore and select the desired files from the restoe.
925878
After checking the plug on the back of your pc and making sure the speakers are connected properly do the following:\n\nRight click "my computer" click properties, go to the hardware tab and click "device manager"\n\nUnder the heading "sound, video, and game controllers" do you see any yellow bangs or errors?  If you don't then your sound device is fine and you should check your sound settings in the control panel.  Something may be muted or turned too low.\n\nIf there are errors then it means the sound driver is corrupted or needs to be replaced.  You need an updated driver.  Go to the website of the manufacturer of your pc or motherboard and look in support for a sound driver.  Sound drivers usually come in an installable package that makes it easy to install.\n\nIf you still have problems you could have a damaged and corrupted file, sound card, or some type of incompatibility issue.  At that point post another question with more details about your machine and we'll see if we can help you some more. :)
744955
Check your sound card and video card via the device manager to make sure they isn't a problem with that.
929796
Check and make sure your sound for the computer is on. If you are online, make sure the volume on that website is turned on. I have had similar problems. \nGood Luck
1080766
Check if your speaker is connected correctly on your computer. Check if it is not muted. If it still does not work, reinstall your sound card. If it doesnt, maybe there is a problem either on your sound card or on your speaker. To isolate it, try connecting your speaker with other PC, if there are sounds produce then we can conclude that most likely your sound card is defective.\n\nRegards
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Your sound card could be shot. Click on Start, then go to My Computer, and RIGHT click, choose Properties. A box will appear, choose the Hardware Tab, then Device Manager. This will show all the hardware in your computer. If there is a problem with the sound card, the icon will have a exclamation point (!) in a yellow triangle. If your sound device does or doesn't right click on it, and choose Update Drivers, hopefully it will find one if it's a driver problem. Say your having no luck, download this free program called Advanced Windows Care, hopefully that will fix it if it's a software thing. Lastly unplug your speakers and plug a headset in where the speakers are to see if can hear anything, to make sure the speakers aren't toast. Best of luck
876725
Double check your Cables, Your sound card Drivers.\nPerhaps you've muted your System ;)
258656
Believe it or not, if that speaker is near your computer, your monitor or another electronic device, try moving it away from the other device.\n\nIt may be that you have RF (radio frequency) interference that is causing the problem.
512968
It's most likly the sound card drivers...Have her go to the manufactures site who made the computer and look for download drivers /software
754760
Could be a virus . If all your wires are plugged in properly and the speakers are new then i couldn't think of anything else , unless you have your Wave Volume down .  There are 2 different volumes to hear sound from your pc  , there is the volume control and the wave. Make sure both are turned up.
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its simple. if u encounter that problem. #1: try reinstalling ur audio driver. if not #2: reformat ur drive then install a fresh copy of ur Operating System (windows). if not #3: replace ur sound card or ur motherboard if its a built-in type. ;)
531195
Try going to Device Manager and uninstalling your sound card drivers, then re-boot and let Windows re-install the drivers.
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I assume checked your sound levels on your speakers and in the Control Panel.  Try rebooting your computer.  That usually solves the problem.  \n\nIf that doesn’t work, go to START –\nRIGHT-CLICK on MY COMPUTER\nSelect PROPERTIES\nClick HARDWARE tab\nThen DEVICE MANAGER button\nFrom the list, expand SOUND, VIDEO & GAME CONTROLLERS\nSee if you can find your soundcard device in the list.  If there is a problem with driver you’ll see an indication.  You can remove the device from the list and try rebooting the computer.  During the reboot, XP should recognize the “new hardware” and install the proper driver for it.  \n\nIf that doesn't work, it's somewhat likely that your soundcard is toast.
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If you are in Windows Media Player then go into your Enhancements and look in the taskbar thst appears down in the bottom left.  Press the arrows and find GRAPHIC EQUALISER, and pull 1KHz to the top mark.  This should help because it works for me, it makes it louder but may distort the sound a bit.  Experiment with the other ones and find a balance that suits you.  You can always reset....
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Check if they are jack in fully and correctly.\n\nIf so, check if your sound card is okie (if yours is a seperate sound card that is)\n\nIf all else fails, replace your speakers.
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I would reinstall your audio driver. If you have Windows XP, you can type 'dxdiag' in 'run', for more information.