Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics

Solving Audio Problems

If the computer has audio features and you encounter audio problems, see the common causes and solutions listed in the following table.

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.

open 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.

 

 

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, then make sure that

headphones.

 

Mute is not selected and use the

 

 

volume slider to adjust the volume.

 

 

 

 

Audio is hidden in

Enable the audio in Computer

 

Computer Setup.

Setup: Integrated Peripherals

 

 

> South OnChip PCI Device.

 

 

 

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HP dx5150 manual Solving Audio Problems

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