Depends on the hardware and driver.
Check the manufacturer's website for new soondcard drivers for Vista.
Check settings to be sure the sound port is enabled and the card is the
default device.
I have seen the headphone jack be set as default and the speakers won't
work.

"littleriver" <littleriver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> no sound coming from speakers, but sound coming from headphones.
>
> using standard onboard sound on new intel board, new vista HP install.
>
> the usual checks show sound is working, no problems in device mgr, no
> muted
> sound etc etc.
>
> speakers are turned on, plugged in to correct sound port, and work on
> another system.
>
> when i google "no sound vista" I see lots of queries come up on this
> subject.
>
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