help with sound

danjufo · Nov 21, 2003, 12:19 PM

im at college and i cant get any sound out of the comp at all. i have put headphones on the cd-rom but no luck so they havent got a audio cable from it to the sound card.

they have a realTek AC97 soundcard on the back which shud b instaled with drivers but i cant check because of the 'security filters'

i am just curious as to whether anyone has any ideas... cos i wood realy love to drown out my lecturer with some sweet tunes. i am using winamp and have tried different out-put plug-ins

dont know much about the comps here.. but they are running XP

***craig5320*** · Nov 21, 2003, 12:54 PM

well if your playing a CD the jack on the drive should work with or without an audio cable, if your playing files then you'll need to be plugged in at the back into the sound card, assuming the volume isn't muted or sound card disabled it should work.

danjufo · Nov 21, 2003, 02:31 PM

i got it working now. he problem was i copied an instaled version of winamp.. (because the college computers dont allow you to install ) .. and it was trying to run the dsp plug-in dee2. but i didnt copy that and it was almost completly muting the sound.

thx for writing tho

Nov 21, 2003, 12:19 PM	#1
danjufo DH.Sig.Maker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,231 Rep Power: 0	help with sound im at college and i cant get any sound out of the comp at all. i have put headphones on the cd-rom but no luck so they havent got a audio cable from it to the sound card. they have a realTek AC97 soundcard on the back which shud b instaled with drivers but i cant check because of the 'security filters' i am just curious as to whether anyone has any ideas... cos i wood realy love to drown out my lecturer with some sweet tunes. i am using winamp and have tried different out-put plug-ins dont know much about the comps here.. but they are running XP __________________ [COLOR=dimgray]DeviantArt Gallery[/COLOR] [COLOR=silver]How to add your signature image[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Signature + Avatar Rules[/COLOR]

Nov 21, 2003, 12:54 PM	#2
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,573 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	well if your playing a CD the jack on the drive should work with or without an audio cable, if your playing files then you'll need to be plugged in at the back into the sound card, assuming the volume isn't muted or sound card disabled it should work. __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Nov 21, 2003, 02:31 PM	Thread Starter #3
danjufo DH.Sig.Maker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,231 Rep Power: 0	i got it working now. he problem was i copied an instaled version of winamp.. (because the college computers dont allow you to install ) .. and it was trying to run the dsp plug-in dee2. but i didnt copy that and it was almost completly muting the sound. thx for writing tho __________________ [COLOR=dimgray]DeviantArt Gallery[/COLOR] [COLOR=silver]How to add your signature image[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Signature + Avatar Rules[/COLOR]