catgate Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Speaker(s) problem by catgate » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:17 pm I have just recently suffered a speaker problem. Suddenly they stopped speaking. I fished out another older pair I have and they too had stopped working.( One pair uses 240v and the other uses usb power.) This suggested PC failure rather than Speaker failure and so I took myself off to CCL along with by mother board and processor, both being only about three months old. CCL tested them and proclaimed them fit and well. I then rebuilt things and, surprise surprise, nothing had changed. I still had no sound. I ordered a new motherboard and CPU along with a new case from CCL and after the "dead days" over the bank holiday they arrived a few days ago. I used the existing Power Pack, RAM and HD and lo and behold no change. I swapped the power pack with another little used one I had "in stock" and lo and behold still no sound. I have another standby working box of tricks (still on Ubuntu) and so I tried the speakers on that.....100% working order!! Please can someone suggest what my next move should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 It sounds like an audio driver problem (which you won't hear with muted speakers) I don't now the first thing about Ubuntu - so I'm probably wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 3 hours ago, AlanHo said: It sounds like an audio driver problem (which you won't hear with muted speakers) I don't now the first thing about Ubuntu - so I'm probably wrong. Do you mean NOW or KNOW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Its a trypo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Try running "Driver manager" see if it can find any updates. Have you added any updates that could have caused the change ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Get a Bercow speaker - you'd have a problem silencing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Thank you all for your responses. "Try running "Driver manager" see if it can find any updates. " resulted in "No proprietary drivers are in use" I know what I would do to a Bercow given half a chance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I'm running out of ideas. How is the speaker connected. is it phono cable to socket in the case then case socket to MOBO via separate cable ? If the speakers are OK, the MOBO is OK, Drivers seem OK then I'd have a look at the socket the speakers are plugged in to as the next possible point of failure, or perhaps the cable linking the socket to the MOBO. I'd still be tempted to download a new Linux iso and boot from that to see if there is any output that way would tell you if it's hardware or software related pretty conclusively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 How is the speaker connected.? Green Triax connector on bottom of MB rear panel (when box is standing in the normal running mode) feeds output signal. One set of speakers takes power from mains socket and other set takes power from USB port. The driver must be part of the overall system fed in from the System Installation CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Some MOBOs have additional audio connectors to enable additional headset/mic connections, is there anything available on yours ? Though if it is a software issue this may not help. Have to admit I'm grasping a straws, the fact that the audio out plug is mounted direct to the MOBO and it doesn't work on two identical MOBOs, one of which tested out OK would appear to suggest a software fault, some form of corruption and pinpointing and correcting it is beyond my Linux knowledge, maybe you need to hit one of the Mint specific forums and get somebody to harness their inner geek on your behalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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