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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] PC audio
From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:54:34 -0300
Whay does C:\WINDOWS\system32\compmgmt.msc say, anyway?

It had lost my handheld device for some months, and happened to recover 
it there.

Fernando.

Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I assume that your rear panel sockets are connected to the motherboard 
> via cable and a multi-pin connector of some sort.  I suspect that this 
> cable or connector have come loose somehow... possibly by accidentally 
> jostling them while installing the PCI parallel card.  I would check the 
> condition of the wire connections and pull and re-seat the motherboard 
> connector.  Presumably the front speaker connections emanate from the 
> same connector so check to see what's the difference if any.
>
> I considered (briefly) that there might be IRQ or other interference 
> with the audio from the new PCI card but I don't know how that could 
> occur and, given that you have audio out the front, that can't be the 
> problem.  As I said, both front and rear audio wiring should emanate 
> from the same motherboard connector so the wiring or connector would 
> seem the likely candidates.  My bet is just a loose connector... and 
> it's probably close to that new PCI card.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Jez Cunningham wrote:
>   
>> Forgive me for hijacking the list to ask a PC question, but I've lost the
>> speaker audio from the rear sockets on my Dell PC.  The front headphone
>> socket is ok, and the rear mic socket ok, and the PC detects when I plug a
>> jack into any of the rear sockets, but there's no audio coming out the rear
>> at all.  What have I just done?  Well I installed a new C: hard-disk,
>> reinstalled WinXP and all the updates, and installed a PCI -> parallel
>> printer card and of course I installed all the peripheral drivers.  And
>> audio _is_ working ok out the front sockets so I think the driver is ok.  I
>> reinstalled just to be sure anyway.  Any brilliant ideas what I might have
>> done wrong?
>> Apologies again for the non-OM content - maybe you want to see a photo of
>> the rear sockets?
>> cheers
>> jez
>>
>> BTW (on-topic-ish) - you recently all gave me great suggestions for scenic
>> routes around Lake Ontario - well I have to cull the >500 pictures before I
>> show them, but they were GREAT suggestions and we had a wonderful time.
>> Thanks!
>>     

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