No Audio Playback through External Speakers

Audio Meters indicate audio is playing. Mute is not engaged. "Canvas Playback" is checked. Perhaps the problem is in the setup, where it indicates that "Playback Output Audio" is sent through Firewire DV. My speakers run through USB, not Firewire. However, the only way I can access setup is through "Easy Setup" which gives me no option to change audio output to anything other than firewire.

The audio will not go out via USB. It will only go to the internal speakers or the speaker jack or go out via FireWire.

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Hey squiffy2,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I see you are having a problem with playback through your microphone on your new HP Pavilion PC. I will try my best to help you with this. To better guide you, could you please tell me the full model or product number of your computer and the operating system that is running on it. Here are some guides for How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number? and Which Windows operating system am I running?.
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as promised my settings in XP:
And as promised my settings, etc. in XP, which gives me full sound with my external speakers (alongside the internal one, but that's another story).
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Hi there @SofaQueue
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! It is a great place to find the help you need, both from other users, HP experts and other support personnel.
I understand that you are having trouble with the audio balance on your notebook computer, and I am happy to help with this. First I would suggest reinstalling the audio driver.
Try this link which will automatically start the download of the driver to your notebook. You will then have to run the file to install it. Realtek High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver
If you are still having trouble, check through this page; there may be something within that could be useful.
No Sound from the Speakers (Windows 8)
Also you can look at these pages - from Microsoft's support website:
Poor sound quality after upgrading to windows 8.1
Automatically diagnose and fix Windows audio playback problems
Let me know if you are still having any problems, and post the details of what is happening.
Malygris1
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