[Leica] IMGS: Farewell 2010

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Thanks, Peter.  I'm just starting to try all of these options - which Dell
should have advised at the beginning?

Tina

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> Tina: You might try re-installing the audio drivers.  We used Dells at work
> for years, and on certain models, the audio driver was notorious for
> stepping on itself and ceasing to work.  Go to:
>
> <http://support.dell.com>
>
> Enter your service tag number (Mixed numbers and letters on the back of the
> computer. Then go to "Drivers and Downloads" or something similar.  Find 
> the
> latest audio driver that matches what you have, download it and run it. 
> Note
> where it stored so you can run it again if this happens again.
>
> If it's hardware, of course, then this won't help. Play a CD or a streaming
> audio site.  Try jiggling the speaker/headphone plug and see if the sound
> cuts in and out.  That would mean a loose or corroded socket.  Dell will
> have to fix that.
>
> And, (pardon me if this is obvious) check your volume controls.  Uncheck
> any "mute" boxes, and tweak up your various volume controls, including
> master volume, to see if that makes any difference.  It's possible that
> something you have installed is resetting things to suit itself, to the
> detriment of normal sound.
>
> Happy New Year anyway!
>
> --Peter
>
>
>  I tried hooking external speakers up to it, but they don't work either. I
>> had some little airline earphones that worked for a short time, but those
>> quit, too. I think there must be something basic interfering with the 
>> sound.
>> I don't miss it except when I get all of these great links to youtube 
>> videos
>> and such. I hope I don't have to send it back to Houston again :-( Tina
>>
>
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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