He is being serious. Those sounds cards usually have a ground that turns off
the speaker outputs when a device is plugged in to the headphone ports on
the front.
..

Try it.

"littleriver" <littleriver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> sound cards? Wiring?
>
> Read the question please!
>
> There is no sound card. And because it is onboard sound there is no
> "wiring"
> to configure.
>
> Dust in the sockets? This is a new PC.
>
> "Bob" wrote:
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>> Unplug the headphones when you want sound to come from your speakers.
>>
>> "littleriver" <littleriver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D1C06003-7E78-4B84-A5F2-B38C9BE4A113@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > 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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