Overview

sometimes the sound on pc's goes out. here's how to get it back.

steps to get sound in your speakers.

if no sound, reinstall sound drivers.

sometimes volume control knobs on speakers get dust in them (or they wear). try adjusting the volume control up and down a few times. if it makes lots of static, keep trying, it will settle down once it has made a good connection.

but I suspect this is not your problem. cheap fix though.

make sure your speakers are plugged into the right socket. it might be the green one. you may have to try different sockets.

and before you try that, make sure you have

• plugged power into your speakers, and that the power adapter has not become ajar in the power strip due to feet or whatever.
• unmuted the speakers
• set the WAVE (to max) and VOLUME CONTROL (to 2nd bar up from the bottom) in windows control panel, sound, ADVANCED. crank your speakers up all the way.
• go to audio tab of control panel sound applet. make sure your wave devices are the ones that are set for playback and recording. also check to see if you have multiple of them. you may have to switch one of these out and favor one.

and play something.

If you still can't hear the speakers, crank up the control panel's VOLUME CONTROL.

if you still can't hear anything, try changing sockets, such as the computer's built-in sound jacks.

if you have tried all the sockets but still can't hear anything, switch the audio tab of control panel sound applet's playback and recording wave devices and start again from the top.

if you still don't get anything, you have bad speakers, get a new set of speakers and start over, they are probably dead.

if this still doesn't work, it's time to get a new sound card, it's fried.