No sound from laptop speakers

marchez · 01-08-2006, 07:26 AM

Hi,

Yesterday I was playing a game on my laptop, using earphones as the other half was watching tv, the sound was absolutely fine.

Now I turn on the laptop this morning and there is no sound from the on-board speakers, but there is still sound if you plug headphones in.

I have used system restore, updated drivers, checked it hasn't been muted etc etc but there is still only sound from the earphone socket.

I do have out-board speakers i can plug in, but TBH that is a complete pain.

All I can think of is that somehow the earphone socket has got damaged and the laptop 'thinks' that there is something still plugged into it, but i am not that technically minded when it comes to going inside a pc!!

Any help that you can give is truly appreciated.

Many thanks

marchez · 01-08-2006, 07:31 AM

sorry, forgot to mention the laptop is an ACER travelmate 2200, with a Realtek AC97 sound card.

Therpistwi · 01-28-2006, 10:50 AM

Reboot the laptop and see if the sound card becomes active. Does it go into hibernation? Is the slide button "Greyed out"?

Cherie0065 · 06-26-2008, 02:57 PM

I'm having the same problem!! Help :(

**af3** · 06-27-2008, 06:06 AM

Restart the computer, plug in and unplug some headphones as the AC'97 has a silly little "remember what volume the headphones were at" feature. Go into the sound mixer (start > run > sndvol32) click options > select advanced controls. If a button exists under the "Master Volume" channel inthe mixer, click it and make sure nothing that would turn off the built-in speakers is checked.

You should also check the Realtek control panel for problems. Start > settings > control planel > realtec ac'97 or something similar. Make sure any power saving or alternate output features are not enabled like "digital out only" or ""spdif out only".

That is all that I can think of at the moment.

01-08-2006, 07:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
marchez Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 64 OS: win xp home	No sound from laptop speakers Hi, Yesterday I was playing a game on my laptop, using earphones as the other half was watching tv, the sound was absolutely fine. Now I turn on the laptop this morning and there is no sound from the on-board speakers, but there is still sound if you plug headphones in. I have used system restore, updated drivers, checked it hasn't been muted etc etc but there is still only sound from the earphone socket. I do have out-board speakers i can plug in, but TBH that is a complete pain. All I can think of is that somehow the earphone socket has got damaged and the laptop 'thinks' that there is something still plugged into it, but i am not that technically minded when it comes to going inside a pc!! Any help that you can give is truly appreciated. Many thanks

06-26-2008, 02:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cherie0065 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Re: No sound from laptop speakers I'm having the same problem!! Help :(

06-27-2008, 06:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
af3 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 757 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: No sound from laptop speakers Restart the computer, plug in and unplug some headphones as the AC'97 has a silly little "remember what volume the headphones were at" feature. Go into the sound mixer (start > run > sndvol32) click options > select advanced controls. If a button exists under the "Master Volume" channel inthe mixer, click it and make sure nothing that would turn off the built-in speakers is checked. You should also check the Realtek control panel for problems. Start > settings > control planel > realtec ac'97 or something similar. Make sure any power saving or alternate output features are not enabled like "digital out only" or ""spdif out only". That is all that I can think of at the moment. __________________ ...beware the government-media complex...

01-08-2006, 07:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
marchez Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 64 OS: win xp home	sorry, forgot to mention the laptop is an ACER travelmate 2200, with a Realtek AC97 sound card.

01-28-2006, 10:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Therpistwi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP Home	Reboot the laptop and see if the sound card becomes active. Does it go into hibernation? Is the slide button "Greyed out"?