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I got a static shock, now i have no sound

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i was listening to music with my headphones, someone touched me and gave me a shock..... now i have NO sound coming from my headphone jack, and the sound from the speakers is VERY Quiet and VERY poor quality.. i made sure the volume is up and checked in the device mgr. it shows my sound card and audio devices as 'working properly' ANY IDEAS????????

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>-----Original Message-----
>i was listening to music with my headphones, someone
touched me and gave me a shock..... now i have NO sound
coming from my headphone jack, and the sound from the
speakers is VERY Quiet and VERY poor quality.. i made
sure the volume is up and checked in the device mgr. it
shows my sound card and audio devices as 'working
properly' ANY IDEAS????????
>.
>
you hace shorted out your sound card

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uninstall the sound card drivers, then reboot.

if problem doesn't go away

try the soundcard in a second computer to see if the problem exist.

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