Question about Volume Control...

[AvesPKS]

Every once in a while, when I will open my CD drive, or turn on Winamp, or sometimes, for actually no reason at all, my Volume level and Wave volume level will reset itself to a different setting than the one that I had before, and, as of late, it will mute itself. This is really annoying when I am trying to use Winamp as an alarm clock, and it will mute itself just before it turns on. I am running Win2k, if that helps.

 

[Rav3n]

Reinstall your sound drivers, see what that does. Try setting the volume at your desired level, and then restarting your comp to see if the settings stick. If so, then I guess you might have to do that from now on. Personally, I like leaving the volume on the computer alone, and I like to adjust volume from my speakers... you may not have that option though.

 

[AvesPKS]

Thanks for the response. It will also randomly assign itself a set 'default' position at various times, too. This was fine before when it would set itself at maximum volume; I didn't care, because it still worked to wake me up in the morning. However, now that it sets itself on mute, this makes it hard to wake up in the morning.

 

[Rav3n]

First, I would invest in a real alarm clock 🙂 Second, you didn't mention if you tried the few things I suggested earlier... If you did and nothing worked, the other thing you might want to experiment with is the IRQ settings in your bios. Try assigning a different IRQ for your sound. Playing with this stuff can be really touchy, and your pc might not like you very much - so make sure you remember what you have changed - but it might help.