[pchelpers] Re: sound problem

  • From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: Cliff Messner <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:42:27 -0500

Hi Cliff,

Thursday, July 17, 2003, 5:47:11 AM, you wrote:

CM> Ok, smart people, I have a challenge for you. My sound function is almost 
totally dead. Can't play CD's, can't play .wav files, video clips are silent.
CM> However, I discovered recently that on Yahoo Chat, the voice function works 
very well. Also, while on chat, I was sent to a URL having a .wav file. While 
the "talk" function within Yahoo was
CM> active, the file would play. Once I logged out of Yahoo, the .wav file went 
silent. 

CM> Do any of you smart people have any suggestions I could try?

If you're feeling bold, you could go into Yahoo Chat so that the
voice, etc., works, then leave it that way for a few minutes (15 or
so), then simply turn the power off on the computer.  Turn it back on
and see if sound still works.

--Scott.

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