No sound vs low volume

I recently experienced the loss of all sound on my phone. It began after I unplugged the ear phones. I could not hear it ring and I could not hear anyone on the line although they could hear me. It was basically dead for about 4 hours or until I plugged the ear phones back in causing something to reset or whatever. It works fine now and Apple asked that I call when it occurs again so that we can try and trouble shoot and narrow the problem. I may have a defective phone.
I do not think this has any correlation with the "low volume" problem that everyone is talking about. I will agree with another writer that the volume is low until you activate the speaker but I have been using the speaker/hands free since the first day so perhaps that is why I have never experienced low volume. I think if the speaker is activated everyone will experience normal sound volume.
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Faddy wrote:
I installed the Audigy 2 ZS last night. Updated everything, all of the drivers. I plug in my speakers, and nothing at low volume. I turn on music, and theres nothing. If I turn the volume all the way up, theres distortion, white noise, and a bunch of static, but I can hear the music very faintly. I've disabled the onboard audio, and followed the FAQ, but nothing. Any ideas?
Output volume is set with "Wave" and "Master" controls. Max the Wave and control with Master.
In many cases if PSU is weak --> you get issues of this type. Try to remove (temporarily) devices like CD/DVD, floppy, etc. (just remove power/data cables) to see if PSU is the culprit for your issue.
Also, have you checked/tried
- audio HW acceleration and SR conversion quality --> set both max
- audio codecs --> reinstallation can be helpful
- muted all other sources but the one(s) you're using (i.e. all other sources can be muted if only playing audio files)
- digital output only set properly (speaker settings/THX console)
- speakers connected as should (2/2. --> green jack, etc.) and plugs properly pushed in
- speakers set correct (2/2., 4/4., 5., 6/6., 7.)
- used different output device drivers on audio players (DS/MME/WDM/...)
- ASIO capable player --> shows if you have sound driver issue (creative/windows)
- reinstalled directX, WMP (updates audio codecs)
- etc.
jutapaMessage Edited by jutapa on 03-09-200609:34 AM

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