fubz Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 (edited) Yesterday I was watching a movie on my laptop and everything was fine and it sounded great, towards the end i fell asleep. I woke up to my speakers making really high pitched hisses and pops. I thought nothing of it and turned off the speakers.So i tried watching a movie again later and when the movie started the audio sounded like a huge industrial fan was being blown into the microphone when the sound was being recorded. I have no idea what the heck happend but i'm begging to believe it may be a hardware problem because the sound will crackle and pop when i boot up the computer.Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong and if it is fixable?EDIT: Also when i try to adjust the volume on my laptop the sound doesn't change at all, even if i put it on mute it will be the same volume. Edited July 26, 2007 by fubz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Check Device Manager and Event Viewer for errors. Also go to Start then Run and type dxdiag into the Run box and press the <Enter> key. Run the tests and see if it detects any problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I would try and boot it with a linux cd like knoppix. If the sound is still bad you can assume it is a hardware issue. If knoppix gives clear sound, you can assume the problem lies within windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Event viewer has no errors related to sound at all - just the usual windows errorsand dxdiag finds no problems and the tests are worthless because of course i can hear the sound it tries to play the problem is it sounds like utter crap =P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteWolf4 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Sounds like your audio drivers are screwed up,try deleting them then restart, XP should reinstall them.Or download the latest drivers for your sound card (put on disk or CD) then delete the drivers and re-install manually without rebootingIf that does not work, do you have your XP install CD ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted July 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I've deleted the audio drivers - err well at least uninstalled them - and it didn't helpAnd yes i still have my windowsXP CD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 is your volume control out of syncopen your volume control and see if you can pinpoint the problem inin advance propertiesmartytry opening your volume control in the tray or try putting you install disk in the cdrom and press r for repair i think that is what white wolf is referring to some times that helps my opinion :your volume control is the problem marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 What about trying an external pair of speakers or headphones? It could very possibly be a bad sound chipMark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) Have you tried to run a live linux cd? That is a two minute test which will easily determine if it is a software or a hardware problem. Edited July 28, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted July 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 What about trying an external pair of speakers or headphones? It could very possibly be a bad sound chipMarkThe sound is still messed up coming out of them.Have you tried to run a live linux cd? That is a two minute test which will easily determine if it is a software or a hardware problem.Still working on getting a blank CD... ya i know... its sad in this day of age not to have an extra but i don't and my only linux CD refuses to boot up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Ok I have finally gotten a hold of a CD-R and burned my linux CD.... and.... it is a hardware problem! boooSo do you think there is anyway I might be able to fix this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 what is the model? You may have a replaceable soundboardJust to rule out the speakers being bad, have you tried headphones? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Yup I have tried headphones and they do not solve the problem.The laptop is a Gateway 400VTX Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 I did a quick search, the sound seems to be built into the mobo. You could try something like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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