My songs will play but I hear no sound

My speakers work with everything else but playing songs on my iTunes. The volume is all the way up on iTunes too and I hear nothing even though it says it's playing.

Hello liv3315
Check out the article below for further troubleshooting issues with sound playback.
Troubleshooting issues with no audio from built-in speakers on Macs
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1574
Regards,
-Norm G.

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What is the iPod software number as shown in the iTunes Summary windows?
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I got a new computer and moved all of the music from my old computer. Now when I try to play a song the equalizer moves like the song is playing but there is no sound. I've checked the obvious things like volume and mute. Any ideas?
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i had backed up iTunes to external hard drive since i had to do a clean install on my computer. My os is windows vista.
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to get my iTunes library in iTunes.
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Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
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