HP dc7608 manual Solving Audio Problems

Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics

Solving Audio Problems

Solving Audio Problems

Problem	Cause	Solution
Sound cuts in and out.	Processor resources are	Shut down all open
	being used by other	processor-intensive applications.
	applications.
	Direct sound latency,	In Windows XP:
	common in many media	1. From the Control Panel,
	player applications.
		select Sounds and Audio
		Devices.
		2. On the Audio tab, select a
		device from the Sound
		Playback list.
		3. Click the Advanced, button
		and select the Performance
		tab.
		4. Set the Hardware
		acceleration slider to None
		and the Sample rate
		conversion quality slider to
		Good and retest the audio.
		5. Set the Hardware
		acceleration slider to Full
		and the Sample rate
		conversion quality slider to
		Best and retest the audio.
Sound does not come	Software volume control	Double-click the Speaker icon on
out of the speaker or	is turned down.	the taskbar and use the volume
headphones.		slider to adjust the volume.
	The external speakers	Turn on the external speakers.
	are not turned on.
	Audio is hidden in	Enable the audio in Computer
	Computer Setup.	Setup: Security > Device
		Security >Audio.
	External speakers	See the sound card documentation
	plugged into the wrong	for proper speaker connection.
	audio jack.

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