Re: [Thinkpad] 600E/Win98SE: no sound from speakers

Since the sound works under XP, this is obviously a driver problem. Are you
sure this is a 600E? Check the type and part number in the BIOS - someone
may have changed the keyboard, in which case you could have the wrong
drivers. XP self-installs the proper drivers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Wenzel" <cacx1999@gmx.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:29 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] 600E/Win98SE: no sound from speakers

> Hi,
>
> two weeks ago, I bought a used TP 600E on ebay.
> It has the latest BIOS (INET36WW) and was delivered with XP on a 4 gig hd.
> For me, this drive was too small and I don't have an XP install CD, so I
> installed Win 98 SE on a 20 gig hd.
> I also installed the configuration utility and all the latest drivers (all
> but the separate modem driver, because a modem driver seems to be
> incorporated in the audio driver; I don't need the modem anyway and don't
> even have a way to test it).
>
> Everything looks well in the device manager, but:
> I get no sound from the speakers except for system beeps.
> The strange thing is that sound *does* come okay over headphones!
> (This is, if I read other posts correctly, different from other's
problems).
>
> Another maybe related point:
> Fn keys seem to work but not the volume related ones (vol. up/down, mute)
> I also installed the on-screen display utility, but that doesn't seem to
do
> anything.
>
> The speaker sound *did* work well in XP when I first tried it after I got
> it. Meanwhile, I even reinstalled the 4 gig hd with XP still on it: the
> sound is there (but neither volume Fn keys nor On Screen display work in
XP,
> like in 98). When I put the Win98 drive back in, the sound is gone.
>
> I played with the DOS utility too, but that doesn't semm to relate to the
> Windows settings.
>
> Another odd (probably unrelated) thing is that Windows insists on being
> docked (while it actually isn't and has never been since the install), so
I
> see a "Disconnect PC" (I don't know if that's the correct English
> expression, as mine is a German system) in the start menu just above the
> Shutdown.
> When i try to "disconnect", I get an error or the machine freezes.
>
> Thanks for help.
>
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