Odd speaker problem

[ryanbatc]

Situation:

My wife's Dell 2400 uses an add in sound card, a C-media CMI something or other. When we plug in her Dell speakers they don't work, occasionally we'll hear a little gargle of sorts.

so I figured, alright, I'll plug in my logitech speakers (which work fine on my PC). Well, same thing, they don't work either.

YET, my Altec Lansing headphones works perfectly in the same jack....

Why would two sets of different speakers not work in the green jack yet my headphones do?

Any ideas? I figured her speakers died but was amazed when mine didn't work either but my headset did....LOLz!


Help?

Thanks! Merry Christmas!!!

[WalkinTarget]

Not quite the same software setup, as this original post is concerning Vista, but its worth a try:

http://ozgrant.com/2006/04/30/vista-...n-dell-laptop/

[res1492]

This might help..sounds like this guy is having the same problems..i have only copied and pasted this so i dont pretend to know what im talking about

If your Dell Dimension 2400 Desktop PC has a factory installed Integrated Sound card it must be SoundMax ADI 198x Integrated Audio and it will be next to the USB ports in the center at the Rear of the Computer

If it is an Add-On PCI sound card it must be Creative Sound Blaster Live! will be located towards the bottom along with other PCI cards if any.

More than likely it must be an integrated SoundMax audio device

After verifying the Sound card in your PC from its Sound Ports location at the rear of the PC , you may download the latest Win XP driver for the particular card and then install and reboot to test the sound.

If you already have the Drivers and Utilities CD follow these steps:

1.Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD in the CD drive.

To Install the ADI 198x Integrated Audio Driver


The message Welcome Dell System Owner appears.

2.Click the Next button.

3. Click to select Dimension 2400 from the System Model section.

4.Click to select Windows XP from the Operating System section.

5.Click to select Drivers from the Topic section.
The list of available sound card drivers appears on the right side of the window.

6.Click to select Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio from the Audio Drivers category.

7.Scroll down, and then click the Extract button.

The Audio:Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio window appears.

8.Click the Continue button.

The message Select the folder where you want to unzip the files to appears.

9.Click the OK button.

A message appears asking if you want to create the folder.

10. NOTE: If a message appears asking to overwrite the folder, click the Yes to All button.


11.Click the Yes button.
The message All files were successfully unzipped appears.

12.Click the OK button.

The message Analog Devices 198x Integrated Audio Driver appears.

13.Click the Install Now button.
The message Would you like to open the file or save it to your computer? appears.

14.Click the Open button.
The SoundMAX Install window appears.

15.Click the Next button.
The message Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for SoundMAX appears.

16.Click the Next button.
The message InstallShield Wizard Complete appears.

17.Click to select Yes, I want to restart my computer now.

18. Remove the Drivers and Utilities CD from the CD drive.

19.Click the Finish button.
The system will now restart.

Your sound drivers are now properly installed.

Test your sound.

If you don't have Driver CD, download from Dell link below.


ADI Audio Device driver
You can get Creative soundBlaster Driver also here
good luck.
If you need more help , pleasde post details of your difficulties.
M


http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/w...um/141643.html

And this is a shot in the dark

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOU...o-Driver.shtml

[ryanbatc]

Hmm, those links don't really work I think...

See, she has integrated sound but I bought an addin card, and the integrated is already disabled, etc

And it is opposite of that vista post, I CAN hear from headphones, just NOT from speakers hehe

Thanks for the tries though!