How do I hook up computer speakers to a Gateway?
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there should be a line out jack on the back of your computer. it's blue in color I think...plug your speakers into that.
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Very simply, use the line out (speaker) socket of your pc into a spare line in of your amplifier (aux).\nYou will normally need a 3.5mm (headphone) phono lead on one end, with 2 RCA on the other end.\nYou can pick up these leads easily at an electronics store quite cheaply!\nGood luck
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Try free down loads .com\n\nYour gonna need the maker of that sound card.. to get the driver.... downloaded..
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If you have xp you should be able to plug and play.  Go to your control panel and click on sound and audio devices. Go to speaker settings advanced and make sure you have everything set up correctly.  If not set it up on the right devices and restart computer.  If this doesnt work you might want to make sure you have actual hardware on your computer like a sbwave sound device.  Youcan check this by going into sound devices and clicking on the hardware tab.
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Step 1: Checking volume and mute settings:\nThe volume setting for one or more sound devices might be disabled or set too low. Use the following steps to adjust volumes to their correct levels:\n\nIn Windows XP, click Start, and then click Control Panel.\nIn Windows 98 and ME, click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel \nIn Windows XP, open Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sound and Audio Devices.\nIn Windows 98 and ME, open Sounds and Multimedia, and then click the Audio tab. \nIn Windows XP, click the Advanced button under Device Volume.\nIn Windows 98 and Me, click the Volume button under Sound Playback. \nRemove all checkmarks from Mute boxes at the bottom of the Master Volume window and adjust the volume setting slide bars to their highest positions. Close the Master Volume window and test for sound. If there is still no sound, go to the next Step. \n\nStep 2: Verifying the connections:\n\nUse the following steps to verify that the sound cables are properly connected from the speaker to the computer (cable connectors and plug assignments are normally color-coded to aid with connections).\n\nUnplug the sound cable. \nPlug headphones or one speaker directly into the speaker out connector on the back of the computer. The speaker out connector may have a symbol of a speaker \nor a circle with an arrow pointing out, or it may just say "OUT" next to it. Test for sound using the computer. If sound does not work, go to "Step 3: \n\nIf sound is restored when the headphones or one speaker is plugged in, replace the original sound cable with a new sound cable and test for sound. Sound should be restored after replacing the sound cable. If sound does not come back after replacing the cable, the sound card needs to be replaced because the speaker out connector is bad.\n\nStep 3: Configuring on-board sound in the BIOS:\n\nSome computers come with sound on the motherboard (on-board), and some computers use a sound card. The on-board sound setting in the BIOS has to be set according to your particular sound configuration. Perform the following steps to correctly configure the sound in the BIOS:\n\nLook at the back of your computer and use one of the following three items to determine the proper sound configuration and sound setting: \nIf the plugs for the speakers and microphones are located next to the parallel, serial, or USB ports, then the computer has on-board sound. The on-board sound setting in the BIOS should be Enabled. If the plugs for the speakers and microphone are located away from the other ports and sit in an area by themselves, the computer has a soundcard. The on-board sound setting (if there is one) in the BIOS should be Disabled. If the computer has sound plugs in both locations, a \nsoundcard has been added to the computer that already contains on-board sound. The on-board sound setting should be Disabled. To enter the BIOS, turn on the computer and when the first screen appears, press the F1 key repeatedly until the BIOS Setup screen opens. Use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to select the Advanced tab. Press the DOWN ARROW key to select Onboard Audio Options and press ENTER. If Onboard Audio Options is not available, select I/O Device Configuration and press ENTER. If Audio Codec is listed, select it and press ENTER. Select either Enabled or Disabled depending on your \nconfiguration and press ENTER. Press the F10 key and then press ENTER to save and exit Start Windows and check for sound. If there is still no sound, continue to the next Step.\n\nStep 4: Restoring the sound drivers\n\nUse the recovery process to restore individual drivers for a sound or combination sound-modem card. \n\nIf the computer came with recovery discs (Windows 98 and Me), place the last disc of the set into the top disc drive and follow the on-screen menus as they appear. Restart the computer after restoring the sound driver software and test for sound.\nIf there is still no sound, continue to th
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First make sure that the sound card is properly fix, connect the speakers to the green colored sound output, then insert the CD ROM  that comes with the sound card. This should run automatically if not, open my computer, double click the CD drive where you put the CD to open. Look for setup folder or icon, double click it to open or to run the setup. After the installation, restart your computer. Before logging in make sure the speakers are on, then when you logged in, there should be a sound. If you hear the sound that means you have succesfully installed the driver. You can also check the device manager. Right click My Computer, click Manage, then click Device manager. If you don't see any yellow question mark on any device that means all devices are working properly. You can also access the audio adjustment properties by double clicking the speaker on the system tray (right lower corner of your desktop)
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I'm not at all positive on this one but I know most of the time you can download drivers directly from your manufacturers site for instance you should be able to go to www.toshiba.com.   I'm not sure of the drivers you are looking for but give it a shot. about a month ago i needed a sound driver for my gateway 4000 series notebook went on gateway.com and they had hundreds of them. you should have a link somewhere on your toolbar or desktop for a Toshiba site that will direct you to this.
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get a switch/hub\n\nget two wires with which you can connect both the Pc's to the hub/switch.a CAT 5 cable basically\n\nboth of these wires should have rj-45 jacks on both sides.\n\njust plug in these wires into your pc and the hub\n\nonce done go to start->settings-> control panel->network and dial up connections\n\nright click on the connection that is showing up as active and go to the tcp/ip properties and give an ip address on one system(windows XP) as 10.10.1.1 and subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 leave the gateway as blank and on the other system(win98) give the ip addres as 10.10.1.2 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and gateway as 10.10.1.1\n\nthat should make it work
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check for the drivers of audio installation in your computer ,you should have a motherboard cd for the same.
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I'm a certified audio engineer and audio enthusiast, and would love to help!\n\nThere could be a multitude of problems here, and the fact that you are describing a speaker set-up for PC makes things a little more complicated.\n\nFirst question:  What makes you think your rear speakers aren't working?\n\nIf your answer is "There is no sound", this is doesn't neccessarily mean your speakers aren't working.  Sound is not supposed to eminate from the rear speakers 100% of the time.  They add ambience and directional cues.  Also, sound will not come from the speakers if the audio for the software you use isn't encoded for 5.1 (or greater) audio.  \n\nThe same is true for Home Theatre set-ups; not all movies are encoded to tell the surround processor to send audio signal to the rear speakers\n\nThat said,\n\nThe first thing to check:  Make certain all of your speakers are connected propery.  Depending upon what sort of system you purchased, some speakers can be directly connected to your soundcard, some need to "daisy chain" in order to work.  That is, one speaker must connect to the another, and that connects to another, etc.\n\nNext, check all your volume controls.  How many do you have?  Every single one must not only be on (not muted) but the more controls you have, the more you need to be aware of how they're set.  In other words, the first volume control should be at max, or near max to send a strong signal to the next control.  This will represent the loudest level you want to hear.  The next control should be slightly lower or equal.  If it is greater than the first, then you increase hiss as well as volume.  Not good.  Continue until you get to the last.  This will be the master volume, and this is the only control you should use to adjust volume.  \n\nYou have control panel volume.  Do your speakers have their own volume knob?  What about the sound card- is there a control you need to activate?\n\nOf course, this is assuming all the software and hardware is compatible with one another.\n\nIf possible, swap the rear speakers with your front speakers, and test to see if they are working.  That would eliminate defect in the speakers, as well as the wire leads connected to them.\n\nFinally, make certain you have installed all required drivers to run your sound card.\n\nIt's a little difficult to offer advice without knowing more specifics regarding what sort of system you have.  Hope this helps a little.\n\nGood luck.
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run the soundcard's line-out to your receiver's auxilliary input.  this usually requires a 1/8" phono to L/R RCA cord.  a 6' cord is less than $10.  i'm presuming your speakers are already connected to the hi-fi.  if your pc has a headphone jack, you can use this instead of the card's line-out.
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You have to connect it using a cable that has RCA plugs at one end and a male headphone jack plug at the other and connect the RCA plugs to your TV's "audio in" jacks and the other end to your computer's "headphone" or "speaker" jack.
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very simple. restart the PC after switiching on the speakers.\n\nif not working . try installing drivers
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If you bought the speakers direct from a retailer first hand the there is a plug that takes one output and turns it into three. Just plug the sub into that and (match the colors of course). and connect the speakers into the sub. and you should be done.
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yeahs.. they will work with ure pc// Damn i got some pretty neat bose woofers attached to my pc.
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unfortunately speakers are not network devices. there is no easy, functional way to do this, on your laptop a good option for gaming would be a headset with a microphone. however, unless your desktop is slow, why would you want to play on the laptop anyway?
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Get a new pair of speakers with new cables. I did that and it worked just fine. Hope this helps. Rock.