Category: Geeks r Us
I'm having trouble with my netbook's sound. First, only the left side speaker works, and i don't think its that the right one is out. If I adjut the balance all the way to the left, its fine, if I adjust it all the way to the right, the sound goes off completely. There's nothing coming from the right side speaker, not even crackles or anything that would denote it being blown or something like that. Second, on occasion, the sound will skip. It doesn't crackle, it just skips, and sometimes so bad that it takes seconds for jaws to say a single word.
any advice as to what this might be, or what to do about it?
my netbook does the same thing...jaws will freez up then start again. same goes for the speaker problem.
I don't have the speaker problem, but mine does skip.
ok, i'll say this much. if your netbooks are anything like samsung, you may as well get a new one. them things are absolutely shitty in my appinion, when I had one the thing skipt so bad that I litteraly had to restart the system in order to make it stop. then the hole soundcard just froze up completely. i'm running an asus netbook with win xp on it and i've had absolutely no problems out of it. it sounds to me like your soundcards are mest up somehow, and you may want to try updateing them if at all possible. if that still doesn't do the trick you may wanna run it by best by or someplace like that and see what they can do about it.
I'm so glad I have my IBM Thinkpad X32. It's just as small and light as a netbook but more powerful and of far better quality. I found it on Ebay for about $284. Worth the investment if you can afford to lose a built-in serial port, floppy drive and cd rom. But most netbooks don't come with those anyway, so yeah. The only thing this doesn't have is a camera but those can be bought for under $20.
My netboo doesn't have these issues. Do you have the same issues with a headset? Have you go to the sound settings and checked the balence? If all is set properly it is a sound card issue, so return the machines for repairs, or replacement. What brand are these, that will help solve the issues as well?k
No, I don't have the same issue with a headset, other than the skipping, that continues. Mine is an aeser, or however its spelled.
Okay got it. I don't have the proper names right now, but I'll explain this generally. These sound cards have an effects setting. That effects setting must be turned off. It is under control panel under the sound section. It is not accessible with a screen reader. It can also be found in the systems trey. You'll need sigtht help with this. Try that fix. Acer is how you spell it, and they all have the same sound cards installed. The effects are neat for sighted people, but screen readers can not adjust them. Also the headset should be set to automatic. If you do not have sighted help take it to the place you got it and explain you want the effects set to off, then you'll be okay.
aisor. I almost got that brand when I went to best by but they told me not to do it. thank god I didn't. it depends on what version of windows he is using, because in win7, the effects menu is accessible. it sounds to me like your probably gonna end up having to take it back into best by or something and seeinf they can't look at it and if it does it to them they may ask if you want to replace it. if they do, i'd do it, get yourself an asus or hell even a dell, and you should be good to go
is it the same for toshiba? cuz that's the one I have
all netbooks accept I think the ones for hp come with the same type of soundcard in them which is realtech if i'm correct. h p has something called id auido
I'll bet it the same on that one as well. The effects I speaking of are not the same as the effects in Windows 7, but the effects module in the sound cards programming. You do not need to change the card only have it turned off is all. It's simple, but requires sight, and not even with Windows 7 can you adjust it.
I've had same problem on an asus machine and fixed it by adjusting the default sound format from studio quality to dvd quality, also by going in to the advanced properties under speakers in audio devices, and have ticked the box that says something like do not use any effects, works like a dream. this is under windows 7