Sound card problem - headphones work, notebook speakers don't


  1. sunsetlover
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    Win 7 Ultimate 32-bit
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    Sound card problem - headphones work, notebook speakers don't


    Hi all,

    I just bought an old Toshiba A210 laptop and I'm dealing with a couple of (minor) problems. As the title says, I've tried every conceivable control, I can't get any sound from the speakers. No hissing sound, nothing, completely silent. Headphones work fine though.

    I checked device manager and drivers, it's a Realtek driver, I went to Toshiba and saw that I have the latest driver for Win 7.

    Any ideas what kind of problem this is? hardware probably?

    This laptop had Win 7 Ultimate installed over Vista.

    I probably need to try some nice USB speakers anyway though :)

    Thanks!
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  3. fireberd
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    Considering its a used laptop, it wouldn't surprise me that one of the reasons it was being sold is the speaker problem.
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  4. sunsetlover
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    Yes, but I knew about this problem when I bought it.
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  6. fireberd
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    Open the case and see if the connector has just come loose for the internal speakers. Usually the headphone jack assembly is a separate small board and sometimes the speakers are connected there.
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