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csziggy

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7. I've been having loss of sound on my computer intermittently

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2020, 02:26 AM

Dec 2020

Sometimes it's because a game is in the background and I have the sound muted in the game. Apparently this affects any sound on the computer at all.

Tonight I was having a problem and during my troubleshooting Firefox popped up and wanted me to restart it for an update. Since I was about ready to restart the computer, I said OK. Only Firefox restarted but the sound was back. Maybe something in Firefox was blocking sound from online videos. I don't know, but it's working now.

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Literally, the sound from my speakers just disappeared. [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2020 OP

Few things kill speakers LunaSea Dec 2020 #1

external Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2020 #8

got a back up speaker set or one you can borrow? I just ditched speakers that msongs Dec 2020 #2

Have another device you can plug them into? PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #3

Swap speakers with another computer Miguelito Loveless Dec 2020 #4

Jiggle any and all wires ucrdem Dec 2020 #5

Most obvious/easy thing is to plug headphones into the audio out jack ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #6

Desktop Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2020 #10

I would plug the speakers into something else before I go buying new ones ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #11

You know what's weird? Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2020 #12

This actually could be a problem then with either the front panel headphone jack mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #13

I've been having loss of sound on my computer intermittently csziggy Dec 2020 #7

thanks everyone for the comments Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2020 #9