Tom's Hardware: Topic Sound card not working
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What is the make and model of your
- sound card
- motherboard (mobo)
- speakers?
How many speakers are you trying to connect? How are they connected to each other?
How have you connected your speakers to your PC; which connector? Audio-out is usually green.
Which version of windows are you running?
Have you opened the volume application and made sure that mute is unchecked and that levels are > zero?
Have you connected your speakers to another PC to confirm that they work?
PC speaker impedance is usually 4, 8, or 16 ohms. What is your speaker's impedance?
EDIT: Fixed typo on Audio-out.
Message edited by MikeJRamsey on 08-15-2009 at 10:14:24 PM
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