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BROXBURN

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Posted April 12, 2012 at 8:21PM

i recently bought an acer aspire (it obviously aspires to be like all the other pc's)second hand...after upgrading the ram it is not so slow, but..no sound...i'm using the speakers from my old pc so i know there good..any suggestions?

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Ian in Northampton

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Posted April 12, 2012 at 8:25PM

A couple of thoughts... Check in Device Manager to ensure it has sound drivers loaded. Second thought: where are you plugging them in? In some PCs, only the front or the back speaker ports are enabled - but often not both. Have you tried them in the 'other' ports?

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Woolwell

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Posted April 12, 2012 at 8:38PM

Which model aspire, laptop?

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BROXBURN

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Posted April 12, 2012 at 9:01PM

Aspire 8600 PC...device manager says audio drivers enabled...speaker jack is in green socket at rear of pc.

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Woolwell

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Posted April 12, 2012 at 9:45PM

What other sound ports are there?

Silly question - sound muted?

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BROXBURN

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Posted April 13, 2012 at 7:59AM

when i look in the sound app in the control panel it says no audio device?

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KRONOS the First

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Posted April 13, 2012 at 8:38AM

Sometimes the simplest thing to do is to reinstall the audio drivers which you will find at the Asus site of your PC model.

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buteman

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Posted April 13, 2012 at 8:49AM

Go to the acer site.add in the model number etc and it will give you an audio update for it.

Just downloaded one for my granddaughter and it was about 97Mb I think.

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buteman

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Posted April 13, 2012 at 9:00AM

Never seen your model number on it.Are you sure you got it right.

http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/home

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Sea Urchin

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Posted April 13, 2012 at 10:16AM

This looks to be your exact problem - see if the solution given works for you

Driver problem

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Woolwell

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Posted April 13, 2012 at 12:07PM

buteman - It's quite an old pc and is not listed. Acer may have legacy models.

May be best to determine whether it's a separate sound card or onboard sound and the maker of the soundcard.

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