Sound Issues Now Solved!!

[Kipper717]

The speakers on my wife's Dell laptop stopped working but the headphone jack still works. I tried checking what I could but I haven't been able discover what's up with the speakers.

Any suggestions as to what could be wrong?

The only thing I can think of is the internal switch that turns the speakers off when you use headphones but I can't see anything physically wrong when I look in the headphone jack.

 

[Quiksilver]

Reinstall the drivers?

 

[TheKub]

The speakers could have simply died, or the cable could have popped loose. If your not very comfortable with taking stuff apart getting to them will be... interesting.

 

[starfireone]

I believe in using 5.1 external speakers for my laptops. If after re-installing the drivers and they still do not work. You have two choices. Pop the case open and check for loose wire/cable or invest in some nice external speakers. What can I say...I love to listen to loud music from loud speakers.

 

[Kipper717]

I first tried updating the driver using the windows tab for the speakers but ultimately
I went to Dells web site and re-installed the driver from there.......Success!

Thanks Quiksilver and the rest who responded to my post.

The wife was having a fits over the problem. I knew that I would get it straight eventually.