Frustrating Sound problem

Something has happend to my sound on safari and i have no idea what. My sound works fine for all other application such as itunes, but safari can't seem to play any sounds with quicktime or flash websites. I also have the same problem on other internet browsers like firefox. I don't know what could be going on that only internet applications can't produce sound. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

FYI,
This is probably what you were experiencing. Launching some programs (like GarageBand) can reset the settings to the correct values.
No sound from some applications, but system alert sounds play (Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4)

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Quick and easy fix is to buy a cheap USB sound card (it resembles a flash drive). Just do a google search and you should find one for $2 to $3.
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I used Restore Manager to restore the drivers for the QTOSD and for the sound card and although I stopped getting errors for the QTOSD, it did not fix the sound. My quick and easy resolution to my sound problem was to purchase a USB sound card online for $2.49 at Overstock dot com. I also bought one from a local computer store, MicroCenter, that I liked better (because it had a long cord) for $10. My sound works perfect now; HOWEVER, I just realized tonight that I NO LONGER HAVE A DIAL UP MODEM EITHER. You should check to see if yours is still visible in Device Manager or in your dial up connections if you have one. I suspect the problems I had also killed my modem beyond detection because it's also a Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP (the sound card driver is also Conexant HD). The Restore Manager won't reinstall the drivers because it doesn't see the device. It's too expensive to repair the motherboard and I don't have to have the dial up modem so for now I will just enjoy sound and my laptop for as long as it continues to live.
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1. Check Hardware. If you have a manual control check that it is turned fully on (this may be a wheel or knob somewhere on your notebook). There is no point carrying on if this is turned down/off.
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2.3 Select Device Manager (from Control Panel) and check the entry for Sound/audio devices. Select your sound device and click the 'troubleshooting' option. Follow the on-screen checks.
2.4 If you still have no sound deinstall the sound device (from ADD/REMOVE hardware) and reboot. The system should detect the sound device and re-install it)
2.5 Finally download and reinstall the correct device drivers for your sound devive from the Toshiba web-site.
2.6 If you still have no sound after all of the above then I would recommend a complete re-install of your system from the Toshiba Recovery CDs. and if that does not correct the problem then you will need to take it to a Service Agent for them to sort it out.
HTH

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