# No Sound Whatsover On My Vista Home Premium

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-whatsover-on-my-vista-home-premium/609094 "2012-01-10T22:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-whatsover-on-my-vista-home-premium/609094/1 "2012-01-10T22:51:20Z")

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I’ve tried to upgrade the driver, test sounds, reboot, installed 7 windows upgrades. Before (an hour ago) headphones did work, now they don’t. I am running a virus scan now, but I have run out of things to try.

Help, anyone, please?

Operating System  
MS Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2  
CPU  
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 40 °C  
Brisbane 65nm Technology  
RAM  
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 374MHz (5-5-5-18)  
Motherboard  
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M2A-VM (Socket AM2 ) 40 °C  
Graphics  
LCD TV (1360x768@60Hz)  
512MB GeForce 9600 GT (EVGA) 52 °C  
Hard Drives  
488GB Hitachi Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 ATA Device (SATA) 46 °C  
Optical Drives  
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202H ATA Device  
Audio  
High Definition Audio Device

Thanks

Q

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-whatsover-on-my-vista-home-premium/609094/2 "2012-01-11T01:19:51Z")

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What were you doing when the sound quit?

Dumb question: Have you checked that the volume is turned on?

Also do you get sound from your speakers at all?

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-whatsover-on-my-vista-home-premium/609094/3 "2012-01-11T01:53:39Z")

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> [@Astroboy14](#):
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> What were you doing when the sound quit?
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> Dumb question: Have you checked that the volume is turned on?
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> Also do you get sound from your speakers at all?

1. Nothing, the computer had been off and I wanted to use it, so I booted it up and no sound. I tested all speakers and although the showed the green bars and said they were working fine, there was no sound

2. Yup, I went into the mixer section and everything’s up at least half-way.

3. No. No sound whatsoever.

Here is what I’ve done since the last post: Did a system restore to 1.5.12, checked for driver update - none needed for high def audio device, downloaded the newest version of Real Tek, and went to several sites that would scan for free but charge to fix. I also went to a bunch of posts with the same problems, but could find nothing to help. I noticed through Spybot that I had a trojan, but fixed it. I looked it up and apparently a trojan can’t do away with one’s sound. Or can it?

Thanks **Astroboy**

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-whatsover-on-my-vista-home-premium/609094/4 "2012-01-11T02:18:10Z")

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:smack::smack::smack: Rocker switch on the back panel of my Logitech Surround Sound woofer!:smack::smack::smack:

Two hours I worked on the fargin’ thing!!!⭕o:o

Thanks

Quasi