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No sound from speaker or headphone

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/no-sound-from-speaker-or-headphone.175534/

iittopper
iittopper Original post #1
Jul 4, 2013 at 2:32 PM
I was having random bsod . So formatted my hard drive , installed window 8 64 bit , then installed realtek audio driver that i got with my gigabyte mobo cd. Bt sound is not coming either from speakers and headphones . I already have checked it twice , and they both work with my cell phone . Trying to solve this from 3 hour . Any help is appreciated .
harshilsharma63
Jul 4, 2013 at 4:06 PM
Which audio port is having problem: front or rear or both?
iittopper
Jul 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM
Yeah both ! Though at full volume i can hear some crack sound from speaker like buzzz...

Yeah both ! Though at full volume i can hear some crack sound from speaker like buzzz...
harshilsharma63
Jul 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM
Yeah both ! Though at full volume i can hear some crack sound from speaker like buzzz...

Yeah both ! Though at full volume i can hear some crack sound from speaker like buzzz...

Download any live linux and boot with that live linux. Check if the the sound comes then. this will make it sure whether its a software issue or a hardware issue.
anirbandd
Jul 4, 2013 at 6:07 PM
got any reason for the BSODs??
iittopper
Jul 4, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Download any live linux and boot with that live linux. Check if the the sound comes then. this will make it sure whether its a software issue or a hardware issue.
please can you eloborate more? Knows nothing about live linux thing

got any reason for the BSODs??

it was some registry error! Formatted , installed new os , and now its working fine
harshilsharma63
Jul 4, 2013 at 8:22 PM
please can you eloborate more? Knows nothing about live linux thing

Download any linus (puppy linux is a small download, Download latest Puppy Linux release) and make a bootable USB drive containing linux using Universal USB Creator or other software. then, boot to linus with this bootable pen drive and play some sound in Linux to see if audio works or not.

Another way would be to boot to some other OS installation, like using your friend's hard disk to boot to his OS ans see if audio works (orf course after installing drivers).
iittopper
Jul 5, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Download any linus (puppy linux is a small download, Download latest Puppy Linux release) and make a bootable USB drive containing linux using Universal USB Creator or other software. then, boot to linus with this bootable pen drive and play some sound in Linux to see if audio works or not.

Another way would be to boot to some other OS installation, like using your friend's hard disk to boot to his OS ans see if audio works (orf course after installing drivers).

formatted my hard disk , installed fresh OS , installed all drivers including sound driver realtek hd manager . Still no sound . Can only hear buzz/hum sound from speaker or headphone all the time as soon as computer starts ( even if I don't play any music) . Even if I mute sound from window toolbar , I can still hear the crack buzz sound from speaker/headphone . It only stop if I remove the speaker cord from green jack or off the speaker .
harshilsharma63
Jul 5, 2013 at 12:41 PM
formatted my hard disk , installed fresh OS , installed all drivers including sound driver realtek hd manager . Still no sound . Can only hear buzz/hum sound from speaker or headphone all the time as soon as computer starts ( even if I don't play any music) . Even if I mute sound from window toolbar , I can still hear the crack buzz sound from speaker/headphone . It only stop if I remove the speaker cord from green jack or off the speaker .

Which is the default audio playback device in you system. Check it by these steps: Right click on volume icon in taskbar > Playback devices. Post a screenshot of that window.
iittopper
iittopper #10
Jul 6, 2013 at 12:44 PM
uploaded !

My monitor also have a inbuit speaker . When I am connecting it with motherboard green jack , I cant hear a sound , but as soon as I connect the monitor with other device ( like cell phone or ipod) , I can hear the sound clearly . Is it safe to assume that motherboard on board sound is busted ???