[Leica] IMGS: Farewell 2010

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

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