Internet sound issue
Hi all,
I have no idea if I am posting this in the right forum or not. So, feel free to redirect me. I have a 2Ghz PowerPC G5 running OS 10.4.10 with 103GB and change available on the hard drive.
I'm having a problem playing websites with sound. When I open iTunes I can play my own playlists and preview music on the music store just fine. And when I use the keyboard commands to turn the volume up and down I hear the usual popping sound effect. So it seems like the speaker hardware is fine, right?
But when I going to any website online (regardless of whether I use Safari or Firefox) I don't get any sound. I've tried YouTube, some news sites and some movie preview sites. The video streams just fine, and I've tried playing around with the specific controls embedded within each piece of media. Still, no sound.
If it helps, this all started after we had a power outage when we lost power while I was using the computer.
Thank you in advance for any help, insight or kind words of support you can offer.
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