Irene Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I passed on my previous Sony Vaio PCV-RX407 to my daughter, to act as a 'Home Server'. She also has a ProView monitor, which has speakers on each side of the screen.Having connected everything together, she now finds that there is no sound from the speakers. In the master controls, all volumes are full, none are muted. We believe that all of the cables are correctly installed.Anyone any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I passed on my previous Sony Vaio PCV-RX407 to my daughter, to act as a 'Home Server'. She also has a ProView monitor, which has speakers on each side of the screen.Having connected everything together, she now finds that there is no sound from the speakers. In the master controls, all volumes are full, none are muted. We believe that all of the cables are correctly installed.Anyone any ideas? Are both machines' sound systems the same? ie does one have a sound card and the other just using the on board sound. There is usually a setting in bios to control this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'd be inclined to recheck the audio cable, is it connected to the correct port, green I believe, so easy to plug the end behind the pc into the mic portAs catgate has pointed out onboard sound or sound card ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'd be inclined to recheck the audio cable, is it connected to the correct port, green I believe, so easy to plug the end behind the pc into the mic portAs catgate has pointed out onboard sound or sound card ?I believe that it is in the green port. She says that the sound is very faintly there in the wav adjustment. When the Line-in, Microphone & phoneline are viewed, the last two are greyed-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 It is usually the green jack socket but I have one old machine in the house where the pink one did the job. So it is worth swapping them over just for the hell of it.If you go into the BIOS you should find something under Integrated Peripherals>Onboard Devices (usually)that will allow switching from on board chips to PCI or AGP cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Hi allThanks for your replies. I think the bios setting are well and truely over my head. However if it helps, this is a captured image of the master volume when the speakers re plugged in to the microphone socket. The speakers do work however they are very faint. The only way I can control them is by the WAVE column to the left. Notice the mic and headphone socket are greyed out. I reckon if I could get the computer to recognise the last two i would be in the running to fix the problem.I have checked the speakers on laptop and they work correctly when plugged in.Do you think i should look at the sound card ? Is there a headphones check somewhere as the headphones work correctly when plugged into same socket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I would be hppy to revert back to the moniter speakers however I cant get them to work either. The external speakers are unplugged when trying as i understand the moniter speakers should kick in if unplugged however no joy there either Thanks again all of you for your speedy repliesxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I would be hppy to revert back to the moniter speakers however I cant get them to work either. The external speakers are unplugged when trying as i understand the moniter speakers should kick in if unplugged however no joy there either Thanks again all of you for your speedy repliesxxThis suggests to me that you need to get your hands dirty and have ferret about in the BIOS. To get into the BIOS you need to shut down and then restart. As the beast starts to move you should find, before it goes BEEP, a little message will appearat the bottom of the screen saying "to get into BIOS press Del" or words to that effect. If you press it it will stop the normal boot operation and take you to where you need to be to examine Integrated Peripherals>Onboard Devices or what your machine calls it.It is a purely keyboard thing the mouse and video drivers have still not been loaded. The instructions are usually displayed on a panel to the right of the screen and you should be able to move the highlighting of the block of to where you need to go by means of the four direction keys.DO BE CAREFUL one reckless move and you could have more trouble on your hands. But if you are carefull success will be yours. Well you should find out if to are set up for Onoard Sound or a Card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Think I will have to leave to experts ! Im not as good as my mum on these computers ! (for those who dont know its the generator of this thread, the lovely, beautiful, best mum in the world "IRENE" ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 You after her new computer as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 In Control Panel | Sounds you can specify what type of speakers you are using on the computer; perhaps this will make a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Do these speakers require their own power?Very often computer speakers need a power source to supply the small audio amplifier they contain. More than once I have had complaints from people saying their speakers don't work when all that is needed is for their power to be connected. I'm not saying that is the case here but it's a thought - also, if their power is connected, is the small PSU working correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Yep done the type of speakers in control panel. even tried all of them !And they dont need their own power. As i say they work on the laptop. Just missing somthing on the tower settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Do you have the volume control on the right of the task-bar? if so right click and chose Open Volume Control, is there anything in thereThis is what I get with on-board sound with external speakers, I'm sure its the default My speakers are plugged into the green socket on the back of the computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 The only difference I had with above images was that the mute wasnt checked. Done that. Still no joy. Really need sound coz my partner is studying for promotion and part of the study program at home is listening to audio CDs. Thanks all for your suggestions. This one really has us all baffled ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Have you yet checked if you are using an onboard sound system or a card, and whether you BIOS is set correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Have you yet checked if you are using an onboard sound system or a card, and whether you BIOS is set correctly?Thanks catgate, but a bit 'iffy' to do, unless you know what you're doing. I don't think either of us would know how to check about the onboard sound system or card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Have you looked at the Device Manager, if there are any devices with a yellow exclamation mark? What does it say about your audio device? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I have checked in the device manager. in partic under the soundcard. No yellow exclamations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephmayes Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I have now got my hands on some 240v computer speakers. Plugged them in and they work ! So thanks everyone for your help and comments. It must have been the original speakers which perhaps werent powerful enough. Happy new year to everyone. Take care and I will no doubt be back on when I need you again !LoveStephx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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