Audio Problem

[Havocc80]

About a week ago my sound went out on my computer. I though it was the speakers that went out so I bought new ones and they still don't work. I can hear like static when I turn them up but no sound. The only thing I can think of is the sound card is bad.

I checked it in control panel and it seems ok. I can't think of anything else that it could be except for the card. Is there any way to test it to see if it is bad?

 

[wanderer27]

You can test it in DXDiag, but if it's just the Output connector being bad I don't think that'll tell you much.

You can try a visuall inspection of the card to see if anything looks burnt or shorted.

If you're handy, you may also want to check if maybe a Solder spot came loose and has lost connection.

 

[Havocc80]

How do I test it in DxDiag ?

 

[wanderer27]

Start Menu-> Run

Type in DXDiag and hit okay, it should take off.

 

[Havocc80]

I rean dxdiag and heard nothing on the sound test. Got any more suggestions?