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Low Sound Volume on my computer
I noticed that I have a rather low sound volume on my Dell Computer. I
it was better than that in the past. I have to jack up the volume on the speakers to the highest levels to achieve normal sound level which leads to me hearing static and noise. That is true for web videos as well as sound files playback on my computer. I made sure all the volume sliders are at the Max on the Windows Volume Control box (including Wave). I checked the Control Panel- Sound And Audio Devices Properties. Device volume and Speaker volumes are at High. Sound Playback is set to "SoundMAX Digial Audio" - the only other option is Model Line Playback. I have Dell Dimension 4550 with Windows XP (the comp is about 5 years old) Any thoughts? |
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Low Sound Volume on my computer
"Leo" wrote in message ... I noticed that I have a rather low sound volume on my Dell Computer. I it was better than that in the past. I have to jack up the volume on the speakers to the highest levels to achieve normal sound level which leads to me hearing static and noise. That is true for web videos as well as sound files playback on my computer. I made sure all the volume sliders are at the Max on the Windows Volume Control box (including Wave). I checked the Control Panel- Sound And Audio Devices Properties. Device volume and Speaker volumes are at High. Sound Playback is set to "SoundMAX Digial Audio" - the only other option is Model Line Playback. I have Dell Dimension 4550 with Windows XP (the comp is about 5 years old) Any thoughts? Leo, What speakers are you using with your PC? Are they by any chance Dell ADA 745's? Link to photo of the speaker set: http://www.multidator.se/images/products/ADA745.jpg If so, it may be the speakers themselves. Stew |
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Low Sound Volume on my computer
On Oct 13, 10:41*am, "S.Lewis" wrote:
"Leo" wrote in message ... I noticed that I have a rather low sound volume on my Dell Computer. I it was better than that in the past. I have to jack up the volume on the speakers to the highest levels to achieve normal sound level which leads to me hearing static and noise. That is true for web videos as well as sound files playback on my computer. I made sure all the volume sliders are at the Max on the Windows Volume Control box (including Wave). I checked the Control Panel- Sound And Audio Devices Properties. Device volume and Speaker volumes are at High. Sound Playback is set to "SoundMAX Digial Audio" - the only other option is Model Line Playback. I have Dell Dimension 4550 with Windows XP (the comp is about 5 years old) Any thoughts? Leo, What speakers are you using with your PC? *Are they by any chance Dell ADA 745's? Link to photo of the speaker set:http://www.multidator.se/images/products/ADA745.jpg If so, it may be the speakers themselves. Stew These are Harmon/Carbon basic speakers that came with my computer. |
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Low Sound Volume on my computer
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:03:27 -0700 (PDT), Leo
wrote: I noticed that I have a rather low sound volume on my Dell Computer. I it was better than that in the past. I have to jack up the volume on the speakers to the highest levels to achieve normal sound level which leads to me hearing static and noise. That is true for web videos as well as sound files playback on my computer. I made sure all the volume sliders are at the Max on the Windows Volume Control box (including Wave). I checked the Control Panel- Sound And Audio Devices Properties. Device volume and Speaker volumes are at High. Sound Playback is set to "SoundMAX Digial Audio" - the only other option is Model Line Playback. I have Dell Dimension 4550 with Windows XP (the comp is about 5 years old) Any thoughts? When I have problems like that I might update the driver first. If that doesn't work, I'd delete the driver and reinstall. Do so at your own risk though. Does it have a headphone jack? If so, how is the volume from that. You could hook your speakers up to that if it works well, but that would be a little kludgy. Finally, Creative makes an external, USB sound card. I have one that I am not using. It's a nice product that you might want to consider if you can't fix your problem in another way. |
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Low Sound Volume on my computer
"Leo" wrote in message ... On Oct 13, 10:41 am, "S.Lewis" wrote: "Leo" wrote in message ... I noticed that I have a rather low sound volume on my Dell Computer. I it was better than that in the past. I have to jack up the volume on the speakers to the highest levels to achieve normal sound level which leads to me hearing static and noise. That is true for web videos as well as sound files playback on my computer. I made sure all the volume sliders are at the Max on the Windows Volume Control box (including Wave). I checked the Control Panel- Sound And Audio Devices Properties. Device volume and Speaker volumes are at High. Sound Playback is set to "SoundMAX Digial Audio" - the only other option is Model Line Playback. I have Dell Dimension 4550 with Windows XP (the comp is about 5 years old) Any thoughts? Leo, What speakers are you using with your PC? Are they by any chance Dell ADA 745's? Link to photo of the speaker set:http://www.multidator.se/images/products/ADA745.jpg If so, it may be the speakers themselves. Stew These are Harmon/Carbon basic speakers that came with my computer. 1) try plugging them into the CD/DVD headphone jack (with the drive volume all the way up), -OR- into the lower front headphone jack down by the USB ports (behind the front door/flap). 2) if they're still too low, see if you can swap the speakers. |
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