# How come I now have Sound...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-now-have-sound/343142>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 5, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-now-have-sound/343142 "2006-02-05T21:05:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-now-have-sound/343142/1 "2006-02-05T21:05:46Z")

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…even with the Sound turned “off.” by that unremarkable bit of Dell hardware that functions as On/Off and Volume Control?

Up til recently — maybe just before Tech Support revivified my hard drive from the Blue Screen of Death — I had to turn the Sound on and off.

But yesterday, I forgot to turn it on, lurched into a Hold 'em site, and started playing. But then I happened to notice the Sound was off, yet I could hear all the usual stuff: cards being shuffled, chips clattering on the table, the “Bonk” when players checked, etc.

So I tried other things - another poker site, the URL for SnagIt tutorials, and even a Ray Charles CD. Bingo. All of 'em played.

Could it be this feature was there all the time and I didn’t know it?

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-now-have-sound/343142/2 "2006-02-05T23:07:07Z")

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> [@BarnOwl](#):
>
> …even with the Sound turned “off.” by that unremarkable bit of Dell hardware that functions as On/Off and Volume Control?
> 
> Up til recently — maybe just before Tech Support revivified my hard drive from the Blue Screen of Death — I had to turn the Sound on and off.
> 
> But yesterday, I forgot to turn it on, lurched into a Hold 'em site, and started playing. But then I happened to notice the Sound was off, yet I could hear all the usual stuff: cards being shuffled, chips clattering on the table, the “Bonk” when players checked, etc.
> 
> So I tried other things - another poker site, the URL for SnagIt tutorials, and even a Ray Charles CD. Bingo. All of 'em played.
> 
> Could it be this feature was there all the time and I didn’t know it?

WAG With all the dopy dopers on the dope boards ANYTHING is possible! 😉