XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.comp.os.windows-10
From: java@evij.com.invalid
On 2025-02-07 16:03, David wrote:
> On 06/02/2025 23:31, Java Jive wrote:
>> On 2025-01-23 22:48, David wrote:
>>>
>>> On 23/01/2025 22:43, David wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Your memory is slipping! This Dell laptop has /never/ had any sound
>>>> as far as I can recall.
>>
>> I haven't been following this thread at all, and not all of it seems
>> to be available anyway, so it's possible that someone else might have
>> suggested this already, but Dells sometimes have function key
>> combinations that control the sound. On this one in front of me, a
>> Precision M6300, they're as follows ...
>> Mute/Unmute sound
>> Increase Volume
>> Decrease Volume
>> ... while other Dells here have other such key combinations
>> marked but none appear to be for sound. If you haven't already done
>> so, examine the keyboard for any markings that look relevant,
>> usually they're loud-speaker-like markings in a non-white colour such
>> as orange or blue.
>>
>> Also, it may be worth trying to find a manual for it to see if there
>> are any 'magic' key combinations documented for it.
>>
>> Also, if you plug some headphones or an amplifier into the headphone
>> socket, do get sound then? If so, most probably someone has
>> previously dismantled the PC to fix something or other, and forgotten
>> to reconnect the internal speakers when re-assembling it.
>
> Hello Charles 🙂
>
> How kind of you to step in to try to help. *Thank you*!
>
> You may like to review the situation from beginning to end, here:-
>
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-can-
-regain-sound-from-the-speakers-on-my/6a7dfbdf-98e7-4be7-b9e0-ca
78c633132?page=1
If absolutely no OS, Windows or Linux, can get any sound at all, that
seems like a hardware problem.
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