Keeper Mallinson on 15/12/2009 at 18:42
I'd tried it with headphones as well, and nothing is muted... but on the system tray I found a program called "Sound Effect". There was a speaker test, and it worked... each speaker made sound, and from the computer. So it is hooked up correctly and can receieve information from the computer; just not from the internet, or a media player, etc.
In the Device Manager, it lists a bunch of programs (listed below), but doesn't indicate which one is being used to make sound. However, the diagnostics each say they're working properly.
ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio - ATI AA01
Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Medica Control Devices
Realtek AC'97 Audio
USB Audio Device
Video Codecs
I regret to say I'm not sure how to figure out whether it's tapped into the motherboard or the sound card.
Al_B on 15/12/2009 at 19:02
Which OS are you using? If XP then go to "sound and audio devices" in the control panel. If Vista (and 7?) just go to "sound". Find what's being used as the default playback device and try changing it to Realtek audio. If it's already set to that then try the other available options while playing a sound file or video in the background.
Keeper Mallinson on 15/12/2009 at 19:28
Success! Thank you. Things are going smoothly other than that.
Al_B on 15/12/2009 at 19:30
No problem - glad you've got it up and running.
