Re: Dell Laptop and speech
- From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:28:05 -0700
Thanks so much for all your help. I did get a friend to look at the screen, and
the master volume was muted and the Wav volume was completely down. When I went
through it with her, for some reason, even though I was on the check boxes and
volume sliders, they weren't moving or changing status. She used the mouse, and
now I have sound. Needless to say, Quick Mix is my next project! thanks to
everyone again.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Dell Laptop and speech
Hi Vicki,
You said you've tried everything to fix your sound problem, and in spite of
some suggestions from the list, still no sound. With no sound at all, it's
really hard to check all related settings using silent keystrokes. So, we have
two options here requiring some sighted help, but first it will be good to
check your speakers or headset, and test Windows sound behavior as follows:
Open the Run Dialog Box, type notepad and hit Enter. Now, type hello and
press Alt + F4 to close it. Normally, Windows will produce a warning sound. If
no sound, we can proceed to the two options mentioned above.
Option 1:
With a sighted help, open your Volume Control and go to Playback Properties.
Make sure all check boxes are checked, and hit OK. Back to main Volume screen,
make sure nothing is set to mute, and increase everything except the line in
item if you don't use it and the microphone (Set it to 25 to 30%).
Option 2:
You said the sound problem happened a couple of days ago. With a sighted help
again, launch Windows System Restore (I hope it's not disabled), and try to
return your Laptop to a previous state where sound was still OK. Let's say
three days or one week ago, or whatever set date in the calendar as long as it
doesn't affect any recently installed programs. This System Restore is far from
being a Time Machine, but it often helps get things to a previous functional
state.
Good luck.
Adam
Vicki Wherry wrote:
I did that too. I also tried the arrow keys and the pageup several times.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: Sun Sparkle
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: Dell Laptop and speech
try to press the home key more then once to get back your sounds
----- Original Message -----
From: Vicki Wherry
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Dell Laptop and speech
I tried both raising the volume and checking or unchecking the mute. I
actually did this several times before, and nothing made a difference.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: Dell Laptop and speech
Hi Vicki,
Try this:
1 Open the Run Dialog Box using Windows key + r key.
2 Type sndvol32 and hit Enter.
3 Tab once to get to the Volume Control Slider.
4 Press either the Home key to increase the volume to the max, or
Page Up or Up or Down arrow to further adjust. That's all.
Let us know if it works or not.
Best regards,
Adam
Vicki Wherry wrote:
The weirdest thing happened to my laptop a couple of days ago, and I've
tried everything I know to fix it. I was adjusting the volume controls, and
when I got to the up/down slider on wav volume, instead of pressing the page
down, I pressed end. Well, there went all my sounds, so I immediately
pressed the home key which should have brought it back to 100%. No luck. For
some reason it didn't work. Because I hadn't installed Quick Mix yet after
reformatting my laptop, I couldn't use that either. If anyone has any
experience getting sounds back with a Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop, let me know
please! No sounds, no speech! Thanks.
Vicki
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