Emachine laptop (E528)volume controls are at max, but sound is low. I have two brand new laptops, and they both have the same problem...low volume. Please help.
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Volume controls are at max, but low volume
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Konadan
, Dec 11 2010 05:33 PM
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 06:21 PM
From the control panel, click on the sound icon to open it. What is checked in green as your playback device?... click the selected icon,then click the properties button. Now click the Advanced tab and in the drop down box, set it to DVD quality. Click apply and okay.
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 07:47 PM
Speakers are in green...the playback device. I changed it to DVD quality, but it didn't help.
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 10:43 PM
Can you try a set of headphones and see if the sound is ok through them?
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 10:51 PM
Most media programs have an equalizer. If you turn the preamp to 11 decibels the sound gets much louder.
Edited by thrillhouse, 11 December 2010 - 10:55 PM.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 12:31 AM
The sound is low even with headphones. I don't have an equalizer or a pre-amp on my laptops.
Edited by Konadan, 12 December 2010 - 12:32 AM.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 12:43 AM
they are in the programs, itunes has one, windows media player has one, etc
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 12:56 AM
I looked in Win Media, and I didn't see what you're seeing re pre-amp and equalizer. I turned up the volume control, but the sound is still low.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 01:33 AM
press ctrl 2 and that will turn on skin mode, then click graphic equalizer and mess around with it.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 02:05 AM
I went in Win Media, and I didn't see equalizer. I don't see how changing anything in Win Media is going to help basic win sounds, like Win Startup and Exit, default beep, critical stop, etc. All sounds are low.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 03:17 AM
maybe its a driver issue.
hold the windows key and r to bring up the run box and type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
go to your soundcard and double click it and see when the driver was made. If it is more than a year old update it and that may fix you. It doesn't explain why all of your laptops have this problem though.
hold the windows key and r to bring up the run box and type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
go to your soundcard and double click it and see when the driver was made. If it is more than a year old update it and that may fix you. It doesn't explain why all of your laptops have this problem though.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 03:20 AM
I re-installed the latest sound drive. Still no help.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 06:36 AM
Click on the speaker on your task bar to bring up the volume contol, then at the bottom of it click on "mixer" and see if all the sliders are locked together and pushed to the top (you may only have 2, it depends on how many sound using programs you have open)
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 01:14 PM
The mixer slider bars are at the top...still no help.
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Posted 12 December 2010 - 03:05 PM
Do you have external speakers, or just those that came with the computer?
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