Hello group
I would like to know what are the main reasons for the sounds or audio
to vanish from a PC.
I just experienced it right now. When I played one flash video file,
there was a sound and suddenly it just disappeared. I checked the
sound volume and it was in highest level...?

In
news:888e85ff-612f-4796-890f-c29c04740a7a@g1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com,
Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 05:51:11 -0700 (PDT):
> Hello group
> I would like to know what are the main reasons for the sounds or audio
> to vanish from a PC.
> I just experienced it right now. When I played one flash video file,
> there was a sound and suddenly it just disappeared. I checked the
> sound volume and it was in highest level...?

Lots of reasons Roy! Is it just that one video? Things I would try are:

1) Reboot the computer

2) System Restore (Accessories -> System Tools)

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

BillW50 wrote:
> In
> news:888e85ff-612f-4796-890f-c29c04740a7a@g1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com,
> Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 05:51:11 -0700 (PDT):
>> Hello group
>> I would like to know what are the main reasons for the sounds or audio
>> to vanish from a PC.
>> I just experienced it right now. When I played one flash video file,
>> there was a sound and suddenly it just disappeared. I checked the
>> sound volume and it was in highest level...?
>
> Lots of reasons Roy! Is it just that one video? Things I would try are:
>
> 1) Reboot the computer
>
> 2) System Restore (Accessories -> System Tools)
>


Reboot, definitely, once you made sure the problem is not the video itself.

System Restore? Hell, no! This is a solution of last resort, with no
predictable results in sight. Taking a look at System, Hardware, Device
Manager is the first thing to do if rebooting did not solve the problem.
Reinstalling/update the drivers related to the sound will take care of
your problem unless some hardware problem appeared, which might show on
Device Manager.

Using System Restore is very dangerous, and chances are you will end up
with a machine different from the one you had before. Trying to isolate
the problem is the way to go. Going to Control Panel, Sound, Sound and
making sure your sound scheme is correct is also necessary before
resorting to more dramatic steps.

In other words, I believe in understanding what happened unless it prove
to elusive. But always keep in my mind that system restore is a risky
procedure.

--
John Doue

In news:K6dSl.86$kW4.73@read4.inet.fi,
John Doue typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 14:48:10 GMT:
> BillW50 wrote:
>> In
>> news:888e85ff-612f-4796-890f-c29c04740a7a@g1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com,
>> Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 05:51:11 -0700 (PDT):
>>> Hello group
>>> I would like to know what are the main reasons for the sounds or
>>> audio to vanish from a PC.
>>> I just experienced it right now. When I played one flash video file,
>>> there was a sound and suddenly it just disappeared. I checked the
>>> sound volume and it was in highest level...?
>>
>> Lots of reasons Roy! Is it just that one video? Things I would try
>> are: 1) Reboot the computer
>>
>> 2) System Restore (Accessories -> System Tools)
>>
>
>
> Reboot, definitely, once you made sure the problem is not the video
> itself.

Hi John! You mean audio, right? <wink>

> System Restore? Hell, no! This is a solution of last resort, with no
> predictable results in sight. Taking a look at System, Hardware,
> Device Manager is the first thing to do if rebooting did not solve
> the problem. Reinstalling/update the drivers related to the sound
> will take care of your problem unless some hardware problem appeared,
> which might show on Device Manager.
>
> Using System Restore is very dangerous, and chances are you will end
> up with a machine different from the one you had before. Trying to
> isolate the problem is the way to go. Going to Control Panel, Sound,
> Sound and making sure your sound scheme is correct is also necessary
> before resorting to more dramatic steps.
>
> In other words, I believe in understanding what happened unless it
> prove to elusive. But always keep in my mind that system restore is a
> risky procedure.
> --
> John Doue

Well okay... people have differing opinions about System Restore. I have
had mostly good experiences with System Restore and few bad ones. And I
also forget that not all people make backup copies of their system. I do
on most of my systems. And the ones that I don't, doesn't really matter
since they are spares anyway. So when one of the few times System
Restore doesn't save your butt, it was worth a try anyway before you
restore from your backup copy.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

On May 24, 11:29*pm, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews:K6dSl.86$kW4.73@read4.inet.fi,
> John Doue typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 14:48:10 GMT:

>Lots of reasons Roy! Is it just that one video? Things I would try are:

1) Reboot the computer


2) System Restore (Accessories -> System Tools)


>

>
> > In other words, I believe in understanding what happened unless it
> > prove to elusive. But always keep in my mind that system restore is a
> > risky procedure.
> > --
> > John Doue
>
> Well okay... people have differing opinions about System Restore. I have
> had mostly good experiences with System Restore and few bad ones. And I
> also forget that not all people make backup copies of their system. I do
> on most of my systems. And the ones that I don't, doesn't really matter
> since they are spares anyway. So when one of the few times System
> Restore doesn't save your butt, it was worth a try anyway before you
> restore from your backup copy.
>
> --
> Bill
> Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
> Windows XP SP2- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for all your replies...
I rebooted it but did not sort the problem , but,
As this is a laptop connected to a docking facility...I remove that
dock and the problem just sorted by itself..
This s something surprising why a port replicator or a dock would
affect it suddenly after a long time of usage.....
Roy

In
news:ddf69320-78ea-43be-a0b5-fed41b76983c@r31g2000prh.googlegroups.com,
Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 15:57:51 -0700 (PDT):
> On May 24, 11:29 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
>> Innews:K6dSl.86$kW4.73@read4.inet.fi,
>> John Doue typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 14:48:10 GMT:
>
>> Lots of reasons Roy! Is it just that one video? Things I would try
>> are:
>
> 1) Reboot the computer
>
>
> 2) System Restore (Accessories -> System Tools)
>
>
>>
>
>>
>>> In other words, I believe in understanding what happened unless it
>>> prove to elusive. But always keep in my mind that system restore is
>>> a risky procedure.
>>> --
>>> John Doue
>>
>> Well okay... people have differing opinions about System Restore. I
>> have had mostly good experiences with System Restore and few bad
>> ones. And I also forget that not all people make backup copies of
>> their system. I do on most of my systems. And the ones that I don't,
>> doesn't really matter since they are spares anyway. So when one of
>> the few times System Restore doesn't save your butt, it was worth a
>> try anyway before you restore from your backup copy.
>>
>> --
>> Bill
>
> Thanks for all your replies...
> I rebooted it but did not sort the problem , but,
> As this is a laptop connected to a docking facility...I remove that
> dock and the problem just sorted by itself..
> This s something surprising why a port replicator or a dock would
> affect it suddenly after a long time of usage.....
> Roy

The important thing Roy... is it working back in the dock again? If so,
that is great!

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

On May 25, 8:06*am, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews:ddf69320-78ea-43be-a0b5-fed41b76983c@r31g2000prh.googlegroups.com,
> Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 15:57:51 -0700 (PDT):
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 24, 11:29 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> >> Innews:K6dSl.86$kW4.73@read4.inet.fi,
> >> John Doue typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 14:48:10 GMT:
>
> >> Lots of reasons Roy! Is it just that one video? Things I would try
> >> are:
>
> > 1) Reboot the computer
>
> > 2) System Restore (Accessories -> System Tools)
>
> >>> In other words, I believe in understanding what happened unless it
> >>> prove to elusive. But always keep in my mind that system restore is
> >>> a risky procedure.
> >>> --
> >>> John Doue
>
> >> Well okay... people have differing opinions about System Restore. I
> >> have had mostly good experiences with System Restore and few bad
> >> ones. And I also forget that not all people make backup copies of
> >> their system. I do on most of my systems. And the ones that I don't,
> >> doesn't really matter since they are spares anyway. So when one of
> >> the few times System Restore doesn't save your butt, it was worth a
> >> try anyway before you restore from your backup copy.
>
> >> --
> >> Bill
>
> > Thanks for all your replies...
> > I rebooted it but did not sort the problem , but,
> > As this is a laptop connected to a docking facility...I remove that
> > dock and the problem just sorted by itself..
> > This s something surprising why a port replicator or a dock would
> > affect it suddenly after a long time of usage.....
> > Roy
>
> The important thing Roy... is it working back in the dock again? If so,
> that is great!
>
> --
> Bill
> Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
> Windows XP SP2- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well I reconnected to the dock and its working back.....but not to my
expectation from this device....

I am still trying to sort out the problem why when I changed the hard
drive of that notebook, the audio portreplicator is not working
normally,i. e its external audio speakers remains silent...

..
I think there was a post aboutt this several weeks ago ,,,but after
all the suggestions I still have not been able to retrieve the normal
operating conditions of this notebook connected to its audio dock....
Therefore this led me to think that the original HDD might t have the
missing drivers and software that was not completely transferred to
the new drive as I was ,just loading the drivers and not the wares
that might be responsible for this, ..... or it has a sort of a
security lock to prevent it being copied to another drive?
I was wondering if I mirror the image of that older drive to this new
one ,would it return the full functionality of this port
replicator.....

In
news:f137dcbb-25cf-40ea-a0bd-1c3df8be0101@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com,
Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 21:19:16 -0700 (PDT):
> Well I reconnected to the dock and its working back.....but not to my
> expectation from this device....
>
> I am still trying to sort out the problem why when I changed the hard
> drive of that notebook, the audio portreplicator is not working
> normally,i. e its external audio speakers remains silent...
>
> .
> I think there was a post aboutt this several weeks ago ,,,but after
> all the suggestions I still have not been able to retrieve the normal
> operating conditions of this notebook connected to its audio dock....
> Therefore this led me to think that the original HDD might t have the
> missing drivers and software that was not completely transferred to
> the new drive as I was ,just loading the drivers and not the wares
> that might be responsible for this, ..... or it has a sort of a
> security lock to prevent it being copied to another drive?
> I was wondering if I mirror the image of that older drive to this new
> one ,would it return the full functionality of this port
> replicator.....

Hi Roy! What kind of laptop and audio port replicator is it again? Is
the port replicator built into the docking station, or is it separate?
Maybe with all of the help here, somebody might be able to find the
drivers you need. Many here are very resourceful. <grin>

And yes, imaging the old drive should work too. Another idea is to use
one of those driver backup programs.

DriverBackup! (free)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/

Driver Magician ($29.95)
http://www.drivermagician.com/

Driver Genius ($29.95)
http://www.driver-soft.com/

I never got DriverBackup to work right. Maybe you will have better luck.
Although I do use the other two.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

On May 25, 11:04*pm, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews:f137dcbb-25cf-40ea-a0bd-1c3df8be0101@k2g2000yql.googlegroups.com,
> Roy typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 21:19:16 -0700 (PDT):
>
>
>
>
>
> > Well I reconnected to the dock and its working back.....but not to my
> > expectation from this *device....
>
> > I am still *trying to sort out the problem why when I changed the hard
> > drive of that notebook, the audio portreplicator is not working
> > normally,i. e its external audio speakers remains silent...
>
> > .
> > I think there was a post aboutt *this several weeks ago ,,,but after
> > all the suggestions I still have not been able to retrieve the normal
> > operating conditions of this notebook connected to *its audio dock.....
> > Therefore this led me to think that the original HDD might t have the
> > missing drivers and software that was not completely transferred to
> > the new drive as I was ,just loading the drivers and not the wares
> > that might be responsible for this, ..... or it has a sort of a
> > security lock to prevent it being copied to another drive?
> > I was wondering if I mirror the image of that older drive to this new
> > one ,would it return the full functionality of this port
> > replicator.....
>
> Hi Roy! What kind of laptop and audio port replicator is it again? Is
> the port replicator built into the docking station, or is it separate?
> Maybe with all of the help here, somebody might be able to find the
> drivers you need. Many here are very resourceful. <grin>
>
> And yes, imaging the old drive should work too. Another idea is to use
> one of those driver backup programs.
>
> DriverBackup! (free)http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
>
> Driver Magician ($29.95)http://www.drivermagician.com/
>
> Driver Genius ($29.95)http://www.driver-soft.com/
>
> I never got DriverBackup to work right. Maybe you will have better luck.
> Although I do use the other two.
>
> --
> Bill
> Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
> Windows XP SP2- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Its one of my Sony VAIO units....
Actually its a port replicator..
The unit is similar to this
http://www.productreview.com.au/show...p?item_id=4726
As I am relocated overseas in Asia now I can't go back to the
reseller for advice nor contact the original service center where I
have it checked before.
The Sony Service center in my location does not know how toservice
this unit....sigh..

Its the only problem I am having right now with this port replicator
thingy after I replaced the hard drive.
I have checked the device manager and so far all the drivers were
loaded and updated....
I am still pondering how to get this sorted out so that the Pc
performance will be back to normal.
Roy