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

Again, the fact that you say the speakers work in XP indicates that this is
not a hardware problem - if the hardware works in XP, then for sure it
should work in 98.
Did you install 98 from an IBM recovery disk?
I have seen a case where the Fn combination did not work - that was a
motherboard problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Wenzel" <cacx1999@gmx.net>
To: <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkad] 600E/Win98SE: no sound from speakers

> Thanks for the suggestion, but ... (see below)
>
> > Press and hold down the correct Fn keys to raise the volume all the way,
> > even though you don't hear anything.
> > Thinkpad's software volume control has little control over the Windows
>
> > Master settings, merely acting as an attenuator.
>
> ... I already tried this, to no avail.
>
> > Open Control Panel, Sounds, and Volume Control.
> > The Master Panel settings may need adjusting. There are volume settings
for
> > wav, cd, etc. Make sure the microphone setting is muted.
>
> I also tried that before (except for the muting of the microphone, checked
> this again, doesn't change a thing). I also reinstalled the drivers.
> As I wrote, the sound comes well through the headphone jack.
> When you mute it in Windows, you lose it over the headphones, too.
> Windows sound settings don't seem to be part of the solution.
>
> > If that all fails, you may have a bad internal speaker connection, or
busted
> > wire. You'll need top open up the laptop and trace the two speaker wires
all
> > the way to the audio output jack on the mainboard.
> > Matt
>
> As I already wrote: The speaker sound is okay when I replace the hard
drive
> with the one that has XP installed, but it's gone with the other drive
under
> Win98. In addition, even with Win98, I can hear the system beeps from the
> speakers loud and clear. So there isn't an electrical problem with the
> speakers, I presume. It's just WAVs, MIDIs and the like missing, and only
> over the speakers, not over headphones.
> This problem really drives me nuts. It is very, very strange.
>
> >> No, its probably *not* a driver problem.
> >> Let me restate: The sound *does* come well over the headphone jack.
> >> It just doesn't come over the speakers.
> >> If the drivers wouldn't work, I obviously couldn't hear music over
> >> headphones.
> >> So I'm willing to believe the device manager that everything is okay
with
> >> Window's drivers.
> >> Let me also restate that the Fn key combinations for volume up/down and
> >> muting don't seem to work (no effect even when listening over
headphones),
> >> while other Fn keys work.
> >> It looks like it's stuck with some kind of muting for the speakers
(that
> >> doesn't work for the headphones).
> >> And yes, it's definitely a 600E (type 2645-4A0, serial no. 550C25L
02/99,
> >> system board serial no. J19RM9134DY).
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>> 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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Received on Sat May 29 21:49:44 2004