Help me fix audio problems with my desktop PC.

December 20, 2014 8:50 PM

Until recently, I was able to plug headphones or audio cables running between the Line In jack on my monitor into the green Line Out jack in this picture, and successfully hear sound. I don't know what happened, but now I get nothing. There has been a weird unprompted change in my volume control settings: it looks like this when before I'm pretty sure it was a speaker icon. I can click on the slider and do a test like so, but no actual sound comes out. Can you help me troubleshoot?
posted by Quilford to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Response by poster: I can go into the playback devices dialog and select Speakers as my default device, but then not even the test works. If I select Realtek Digital Output, then the test works, but again there is no actual sound coming out.
posted by Quilford at 8:57 PM on December 20, 2014

Response by poster: More info: in the Jack Information section under Speaker Properties, one of the jacks listed seems to be the relevant green Line Out jack. So I assume that the playback device I should be using is Speakers. But like I said, no actual sound comes out, and not even the test works when I have Speakers set as default.
posted by Quilford at 9:03 PM on December 20, 2014

Best answer: aksdfjalsdfjalkfjaskldfjasldf

ok so i solved it somehow

pressed f10 at startup to go into the bios, found the onboard audio setting and changed it from 'auto' to 'enabled'

good job me!! DX<
posted by Quilford at 9:23 PM on December 20, 2014 [1 favorite]