Very low sound

Just purchased Mini Notebook NB205-N230. I am very disappointed in the sound quality. All the speaker icons indicate they are at 100% and nothing is muted. What do I do? Thanks

It appears the NB205-N230 uses some form of Realtek audio drivers. If this is the case check for and enable "Loudness Equalization" on the Speaker Properties. This has helped improve the low audio levels on other Toshiba latpops. Under Windows 7 Home with the Realtek HD audio drivers the "Loudness Equalization" check box can be found on the Control Panel --> Hardware and Sound --> Sound --> Speakers (select Speakers then select the Properties button) --> Enhancements tab. "Loudness Equalization" is found under the enhancement options list (may have to scroll down the list to find it). Another way to enable the "Loudness Equalization" option if you find a Realtek Audio Manager icon under the Hardware and Sound page, is to look on the Sound Effects tab of the Audio Manager and enable the "Loudness Equalization" check box and click OK to save the settings.
Other suggestions are to update the audio drivers from either the Toshiba support site or from the Realtek site and enable "Loudness Equalization" if the option is available. On my L505 series laptop the default installed audio drivers and the updated Toshiba ones both exhibited very low audio. Uninstalling the Toshiba version that came with the laptop and installing the Microsoft generic audio driver or installing the latest Realtek drivers from Realtek and enabling "Loudness Equalization" helped improve the system sounds audio volume level.

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