Sound problems
I was awakened early in the morning by a peculiar sound, like a stick being dragged very rapidly along a picket fence, or a card in a bicycle wheel: a loud, fast, stuttering sound. I soon discovered...
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Actually not if you just use it as your free email address, like Yahoo or Google. I haven't had any AOL software on my computer for years. I keep my AOL address because I've had it since 1994 or 95. I...
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SAM33 wrote: Actually not if you just use it as your free email address, like Yahoo or Google. I haven't had any AOL software on my computer for years.I keep my AOL address because I've had it since...
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Bill Warren wrote:I don't know if I'm using it for a "portal" or not, but I do use their web browser, which is essentially Internet Explorer. I am very (VERY) concerned about losing my favorite...
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Bill, how about calling the guy who got your sound working, ask him what he did, have him walk you through it step by step, and write it down? That way, if it happens again, you'll have the info.You...
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David Sechrest wrote:Bill, how about calling the guy who got your sound working, ask him what he did, have him walk you through it step by step, and write it down? That way, if it happens again,...
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David Sechrest wrote: Bill, how about calling the guy who got your sound working, ask him what he did, have him walk you through it step by step, and write it down? That way, if it happens again,...
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Well again Bill, you don't have to switch from AOL if you're comfortable with it. Try this: Instead of logging on through their software interface, just use Internet Explorer to get on-line if you...
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I've been offline, mostly, several days because the computer was at Staples. They said the problem was a virus; they dealt with the various viruses my machine picked up over time. They demonstrated...
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The green jack on the back of the PC is the output for the speakers. The pink one is the microphone input. If you have a pink plug, there is a mic somewhere.
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Are there volume control knobs on the speakers? If this was my problem, and if I cared whether I got sound out of my computer or not (I don't), I'd have paid somebody to come to my house and fix it...
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iPads are great, Bill, but you may find typing long emails on them a bit problematic until you get used to it. SAM33
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The computer sound worked at Staples. It does not work here. Both times that guy came over (see above), he got the sound working--but it went out again before he reached his home, both times.I don't...
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The mic plug is mono while the speaker plug is stereo. They look almost identical except the speaker plug has an extra metal segment near the tip (mono= 2 conductors, stereo= 3 conductors). That said,...
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I'm going to try to reinstall the original speakers, because the sound plug (the green one) for the new speakers looks very different from all other such plugs, including the mike plug and one other...
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could be in the actual speaker CABLE (an intermittent short or break which works sometimes depending on position)
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Charles Thaxton wrote: could be in the actual speaker CABLE (an intermittent short or break which works sometimes depending on position)The original and replacement speakers use different cables. I'm...
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Okay, here's the way it went: In May, my computer sound simply went out like a candle. At first, I assumed this was a minor matter, that it would correct itself in time. When that didn't happen, I...
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Nuthin' beats going to a public place and confiding in a stranger, "Dude, I thinks I gots worms."
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