laptop volume buttons

[crazychicken]

on a dell inspiron 5000, i just upgraded to XP home and now the volume buttons on the side of the case dont work. do they need drivers? or how to turn them on? or what?

thanks
david

 

[Derango]

Dell might have drivers up for those buttons (yes, they need drivers). Check support.dell.com

 

[corkyg]

I have a Gateway 9300cx, and when I upgraded to XP Pro, I had to reinstall the drivers for all those gee whiz buttons. Some are sound and some are programmable. Check Dell for the drivers.

 

[crazychicken]

i found this:

http://support.ap.dell.com/ap/en/kb/document.asp?DN=TT1064645

but i did that and they still dont work

is there a way to turn them on?

thanks
david
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[gsaldivar]

If you don't have any luck with Dell's drivers, you can probably use this.

 

[crazychicken]

anyone used this software before? this needs to work by morning, anyone have more ideas?

thanks
david

 

[crazychicken]

aight, i think i got the volume buttons working, but is there a way to visually display that the volume is going UP/DOWN?

like HP makes the big green bars that come across the screen

anything like that?

thanks
david
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[MWink]

Double click the "Volume" in the taskbar. Watch the "Master Volume" as you press the buttons.

 

[gsaldivar]

that Sound Control software will do the visual feedback thing you want, also... 🙂

(scroll down to the Bottom of this page)

 

[crazychicken]

hmm i still dont see how to get it to visually display that you are changing the volume.

do you know how to do this?

thanks
david
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