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Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound)

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First post2025-01-23 22:48 +0000
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  Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-23 22:48 +0000
    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-01-23 16:41 -0800
    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-24 02:40 -0500
      Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-24 08:55 +0000
        Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-01-24 09:09 -0800
          Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-24 20:17 +0000
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-01-24 13:24 -0700
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-01-24 14:31 -0800
              Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-24 23:55 +0000
                Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-26 08:46 +0000
        Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-24 14:45 -0500
          Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-26 19:43 +0000
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-01-26 12:14 -0800
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-01-27 09:50 +0000
              Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-27 10:43 +0000
              Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-06 08:59 +0000
                Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-06 06:32 -0500
                  Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-06 14:55 +0000
                  Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-06 20:33 +0000
                    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 13:55 -0700
                    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-06 16:16 -0500
                      Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-06 22:36 +0000
    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-06 23:31 +0000
      Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-07 16:03 +0000
        Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-07 17:04 +0000
          Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-07 17:39 +0000
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-07 17:53 +0000
              Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-07 20:18 +0000
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-07 20:03 +0000
              Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-07 22:03 +0000
                Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-07 23:04 +0000
                  Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-08 01:16 +0000
                    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-07 21:49 -0500
                    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-08 09:26 +0000
                    Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-08 15:22 +0000
                      Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-08 12:08 -0600
          Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-07 18:42 +0000
            Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-07 14:18 -0500
              Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-07 19:52 +0000
                Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-07 16:31 -0500
                  Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-08 17:47 +0000
        Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-02-08 09:48 +0000
          Re: Window 10 - No Sound (was - Mint 22 - No Sound) David <David@example.net> - 2025-02-08 17:17 +0000

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#182126

FromDavid <David@example.net>
Date2025-02-08 17:47 +0000
Message-ID<m0pjljFnbfbU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#182100
On 07/02/2025 21:31, Paul wrote:
> On Fri, 2/7/2025 2:52 PM, David wrote:
>> On 07/02/2025 19:18, Paul wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2/7/2025 1:42 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>> Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-02-07 16:03, David wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>> If absolutely no OS, Windows or Linux, can get any sound at all, that
>>>>> seems like a hardware problem.
>>>>
>>>>     I don't know about the OP's computer, but IIRC my UEFI has a
>>>> diagnostic for sound, so that can be used to try to rule out any OS
>>>> issues.
>>>>
>>>>     The OP's computer is apparently a Dell, but it might have something
>>>> similar to HP's 'Support Assistant' which has a 'Fix audio issues'
>>>> troubleshooter.
>>>>
>>>>     And, don't know about Windows 10, but Windows 11 has an 'Audio'
>>>> troubleshooter (Settings -> System -> Troubleshoot -> Other
>>>> trouble-shooters). A little akward to use, but maybe it does the trick.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Part of the troubleshooting, could profit from the use of headphones.
>>>
>>> That removes the two laptop speakers (Itchy and Scratchy) from the equation.
>>>
>>>      Paul
>>
>> I did post (somewhere!) that I found some iPhone wired ear-buds which
>> are surely much the same as headphones, but heard no sound from them using the Dell's headphone jack.
>>
>> They DID work, though, when I used them in the USB Plug-In device:-
>> (7J Channel Sound) https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_6364124
> 
> Then the sound just isn't working.
> 
> You've proved your headphones work, and when plugged
> in, the headphones don't detect anything. They should be
> 32 ohm headphones, and a match for an HDAudio headphone
> widget output.
> 
> And you're using the OEM MaxxAudio driver, and I don't know
> what else would be more appropriate than that driver.
> 
> Check for a speaker shaped icon, in the tray. If the
> RealTek is installed, there should be a Speaker icon.
> The speaker is sort of on a 45 degree angle, so it's partially
> an "angular view of a speaker" icon. That could be the
> RealTek icon.
> 
> When you click the Speaker Icon (if it is visible of course),
> make sure your headphones are plugged in. The control panel
> only goes to full-sized dialog, if headphones are in usage.
> (The control panel needs to see at least one jack is being
> used, to open up to full size.)
> 
>     Paul

Everything works just as you describe, Paul!

However - TODAY - I *CAN* hear proper music sounds through the ear-buds
which are plugged directly into the laptop 3.5mm headset socket!

This device has gremlins!

-- 
David

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#182119

Fromwasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com>
Date2025-02-08 09:48 +0000
Message-ID<vo799e$8ms$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#182083
On 07/02/2025 16:03, David wrote:
> On 06/02/2025 23:31, Java Jive wrote:
>> On 2025-01-23 22:48, David wrote:
>>>
>>> On 23/01/2025 22:43, David wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Your memory is slipping! This Dell laptop has /never/ had any sound 
>>>> as far as I can recall.
>>
>> I haven't been following this thread at all, and not all of it seems 
>> to be available anyway, so it's possible that someone else might have 
>> suggested this already, but Dells sometimes have function <Fn> key 
>> combinations that control the sound.  On this one in front of me, a 
>> Precision M6300, they're as follows ...
>>      <Fn+End>       Mute/Unmute sound
>>      <Fn+PageUp>    Increase Volume
>>      <Fn+PageDown>  Decrease Volume
>> ... while other Dells here have other such <Fn> key combinations 
>> marked but none appear to be for sound.  If you haven't already done 
>> so, examine the keyboard for any <Fn> markings that look relevant, 
>> usually they're loud-speaker-like markings in a non-white colour such 
>> as orange or blue.
>>
>> Also, it may be worth trying to find a manual for it to see if there 
>> are any 'magic' key combinations documented for it.
>>
>> Also, if you plug some headphones or an amplifier into the headphone 
>> socket, do get sound then?  If so, most probably someone has 
>> previously dismantled the PC to fix something or other, and forgotten 
>> to reconnect the internal speakers when re-assembling it.
> 
> Hello Charles 🙂
> 
> How kind of you to step in to try to help. *Thank you*!
> 
> You may like to review the situation from beginning to end, here:-
> 
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-can-i-regain-sound-from-the-speakers-on-my/6a7dfbdf-98e7-4be7-b9e0-ca878c633132?page=1 
> 
> 
> Should you have time on your hands nowadays, do come to MY Usenet group
> and raise the posting standard somewhat! (alt.computer.workshop)
> 

I have just had a look at "Your" Usenet group & I won't be joining.
50% is unreadable drivel.


-- 
Regards
wasbit

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#182125

FromDavid <David@example.net>
Date2025-02-08 17:17 +0000
Message-ID<m0phu4FnbfbU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#182119
On 08/02/2025 09:48, wasbit wrote:
> On 07/02/2025 16:03, David wrote:
[....]
>> Should you have time on your hands nowadays, do come to MY Usenet group
>> and raise the posting standard somewhat! (alt.computer.workshop)
>>
> 
> I have just had a look at "Your" Usenet group & I won't be joining.

Thank you for popping in. You're probably a bit too young to be 
comfortable there.

> 50% is unreadable drivel.

It is - mostly posted by PeeCent (%)  :-(

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