Have you tried different speakers? (other than the built in ones on the LCD -- the ones we have with our Dells at school have very low volume) Perhaps there is a problem with the power to the speakers? The speaker power supply? Is it plugged into the UPS?
Did you install some sort of monitoring program for the UPS? Did you try uninstalling the software while continuing using the UPS? (I hate sound problems) Do you have adequate volume when using headphones? Are we talking XP here (tell me it isn't Win ME, please, I have horror stories about sound cards and WinME). Sharol -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Davidson Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Strange Sound Problem - I am out of ideas Recently I got a new UPS for my PC and since then the sound on my PC has been extremely low. Cranked all the way up on the speakers and in Windows' various settings, it is audible but could never be considered anything close to 'loud'. My first reaction was to take the system off the UPS as that seems to have initiated the problem but it didn't make a difference. I then disabled the on-board AC97 sound card and installed a Creative Labs something-or-other and had the same problem. I switched from my subwoofer speakers to those on my LCD and had the same problem. I switched the motherboard and went back to the on-board AC97 (I was lucky enough to have a spare motherboard around) and had the same problem. Then I tried updating the sound card driver using Microsoft Update - it installed but subsequently disabled the card with a 'problem' I couldn't seem to fix without downloading a driver online. So I'm out of ideas here. Can anyone suggest a reason for this I haven't thought of? Alex -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
