HP Media Speakers 2.0

Hello,
I'm having a 'moment 'here! I have just bought some speakers for my PC. Dead simple to plug in, blue light comes on......oh goodie......but no sound! What do I need to do next? According to ther quick starter guide, nothing!
Thank youi
sld

Hi,
Do you have any microphone to test the pink port ? This test is to make sure nothing wrong with the card / inside connectors.
Regards.
BH
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> Well, I've taken the plunge & decided to buy a new
iMac 17" for our study at home. I'm a PC user at work
but this will be our first home computer (I know, I'm
living in the stone ages).
Fine choice of first home computer, sir! Mine was a ZX Spectrum 128+. It came with a tape recorder and everything!
> We want to use it for the normal things; some photo
editing, Emailing, internet use, kids homework,
storing/playing/streaming music etc.
It will be brilliant for all that - and more!
> Do I need to buy any virus protection etc software
for a Mac (I've been told not)? If yes, any
recommendations?
Not really required, but all that might cvhange as Apples market share grows. There was a low-level OS X worm virus in the news recently - an occurence so rare that it actually warranted a news story! However, for your peace of mind, you might want to think about creating a general day to day user account that dos not have admin rights. No need to log in and out when setting up software or making system wide changes - it just asks for the admins user name and password.
> Any recommendations for a reasonably priced all in
one printer/scanner (I'm expecting very light use -
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should I buy some separate multi-media speakers? I
was thinking of either JBL Creatures or Creative
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CPU-Z version 1.22
Memory Modules Serial Presence Detect (SPD)
Module #1
General
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Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size         512 MBytes
Max bandwidth      PC2700 (166 MHz)
Part number      K
Attributes
Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
Correction      None
Registered      no
Buffered      no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz)      133   166
CAS#         2.0   2.5
RAS# to CAS# delay   3   3
RAS# Precharge      3   3
TRAS#         6   7
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Full system virus scan, and clean out.
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Turbo Ram Timing.
Ram Latency CL2
Ras/Cas Normal.
Al of which I was backing off, but rightn now seems to hold up
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Hi Andreas,
Thanks for the reply.
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