Re: Help! No sound from my GS!

[dsblack@iastate.edu (Vilkata TDK)]

In <BxqDML.KFE@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mjk31124@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (the Weasel...) writes:

>My GS seems to have become mute.  Let me explain, I recently d/l soniqTracker
>and NoiseTracker from ccosun and prceeded to play around with them... no 
>problems.  After I quit soninqTracker my GS froze and when I rebooted, I had
>sound!  My Finder sounds weren't working but the system beep was.  This led
>me to believe that there was nothing wrong the speaker or the connections.
>It isn't the system software 'cause I don't get any sound from disk or HD.
>I even booted my old Nucleus demo and still no sound... I played around
>with the control panel and same thing.

>I get the system beep but no other sounds!  When I have the volume all the
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>way up I can hear faint noises of the music so I believe the Ensoniq is 
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This makes me think maybe there's a volume control on the sound card you don't
have turned up.  On my Sonic Blaster, there are (I believe) two little dials on
the actual card that we had to turn up to about medium volume level.  They 
usually come boxed with the volume all the way down, so you don't accidently
blow your ears out if you hook it to an amp the first time you use it.  I'd try
looking back through the instructions for a manual volume control.  At least
with Sonic Blaster, I think it says to keep it at medium volume if you plan to
use an amp (I have it hooked to my stereo) and up farther if you don't.

>working properly which means I guess that it is a hardware problem.  Maybe
>the amplplifier is shot?  Could any of you hardware folks give some insight
>to fix this problem?  I've tried everything including removing all my cards,
>etc.  I seriously think it is my motherboard that's misbehaving...

>A friend suggested I find and replace the transistor that amplifies the
>Ensoniq output but I wouldn't even know where to begin.  BTW: I have a
>SonicBlaster card and the output is the same as the internal speaker and
>headphone jack.... just a faint sound...

I'd still try checking the manual volume (on both/all of your sound cards).  If
that's not it, I don't know...

Good luck!

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