To quote Professor Henry Higgins...
...."Damn, damn, damn, damn!" I've just spent the better part of my morning trying to fix something that doesn't seem to be broken, but it still won't work. All I did was unplug all of the thing hooked up to the computer and then I plugged them all back in after moving the entire mess. When I finished my little cleaning binge, I sat down at my desk and tried to watch something but I had no sound.
Now, I still have no sound and I don't know what the hell to do about it. I've gone everywhere that I can think of on this thing, installed drivers and updated software but still, no sound. I've done every single thing there is to do, (except for one thing obviously) and nothing seems to be amiss. Every diagnostic thing that I run says all is well but still, no sound. I'm sitting in an awful position that will make my knee hurt in addition to inflaming my hideous sciatica but I have to stay here until I get this dumb thing working. I've been at it for hours and hours...and still, no sound.
A year or so ago, I wouldn't have cared too much. No sound wouldn't have been a huge issue. But ever since I foolishly switched from Comcast to Direct TV, I've pretty much stopped watching television. I used to watch a LOT of TV but now I'm almost totally off of the television habit. I prety much only use it to watch DVD's and Tivo'ed episodes of Family Guy and South Park. But you can watch them both on the computer. Actually, you can watch just about anything on a computer, even TV. I get most of my news, old sit coms and sporting events online and that's the way I like it.
The last phase of my addiction was the phase during which I didn't actually WATCH the TV, I just had it on for background noise. That was a tough point in my recovery but I managed to get past it. I appreciate the silence now like a good old lady.
Tv wasn't too easy but I started by giving up my kitchen radio first. Those stupid disc jockeys talk too much and there are far too many commercials on the radio so I just play a playlist of my favorite songs of all time. Perfect.
If it weren't for my kids, I'd get rid of my phone too. I don't mind emails as much as I do phone calls. I get to them when I want to and they don't sit there ringing until I do. And, on a regular basis, I chat live with an old friend in Chicago. I can see him and hear him, it's pretty cool. It reminds me of an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. When I was a little girl, school kids waited in line to sit in one of two glass walled rooms and watch a complete stranger who was sitting in the other glass walled room on a monitor and talk to them on the phone. It absolutely fascinated me. Anyway...the museum was right, the ability to see the people to whom you're speaking long distance has come and it's really no big deal anymore. I wonder what fascinates kids today that seems like science fiction but is, in reality, science future?
So, the TV, the radio and the telephone are all just a waste of money because I can replace each of them with a computer. Of course, one of the things that I need to actually do this is SOUND!!!
Who's dick do you have to suck to get a computer fixed?
...."Damn, damn, damn, damn!" I've just spent the better part of my morning trying to fix something that doesn't seem to be broken, but it still won't work. All I did was unplug all of the thing hooked up to the computer and then I plugged them all back in after moving the entire mess. When I finished my little cleaning binge, I sat down at my desk and tried to watch something but I had no sound.
Now, I still have no sound and I don't know what the hell to do about it. I've gone everywhere that I can think of on this thing, installed drivers and updated software but still, no sound. I've done every single thing there is to do, (except for one thing obviously) and nothing seems to be amiss. Every diagnostic thing that I run says all is well but still, no sound. I'm sitting in an awful position that will make my knee hurt in addition to inflaming my hideous sciatica but I have to stay here until I get this dumb thing working. I've been at it for hours and hours...and still, no sound.
A year or so ago, I wouldn't have cared too much. No sound wouldn't have been a huge issue. But ever since I foolishly switched from Comcast to Direct TV, I've pretty much stopped watching television. I used to watch a LOT of TV but now I'm almost totally off of the television habit. I prety much only use it to watch DVD's and Tivo'ed episodes of Family Guy and South Park. But you can watch them both on the computer. Actually, you can watch just about anything on a computer, even TV. I get most of my news, old sit coms and sporting events online and that's the way I like it.
The last phase of my addiction was the phase during which I didn't actually WATCH the TV, I just had it on for background noise. That was a tough point in my recovery but I managed to get past it. I appreciate the silence now like a good old lady.
Tv wasn't too easy but I started by giving up my kitchen radio first. Those stupid disc jockeys talk too much and there are far too many commercials on the radio so I just play a playlist of my favorite songs of all time. Perfect.
If it weren't for my kids, I'd get rid of my phone too. I don't mind emails as much as I do phone calls. I get to them when I want to and they don't sit there ringing until I do. And, on a regular basis, I chat live with an old friend in Chicago. I can see him and hear him, it's pretty cool. It reminds me of an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. When I was a little girl, school kids waited in line to sit in one of two glass walled rooms and watch a complete stranger who was sitting in the other glass walled room on a monitor and talk to them on the phone. It absolutely fascinated me. Anyway...the museum was right, the ability to see the people to whom you're speaking long distance has come and it's really no big deal anymore. I wonder what fascinates kids today that seems like science fiction but is, in reality, science future?
So, the TV, the radio and the telephone are all just a waste of money because I can replace each of them with a computer. Of course, one of the things that I need to actually do this is SOUND!!!
Who's dick do you have to suck to get a computer fixed?
posted by Meg Kelso | 6:55 AM
11 Comments:
Well, you don't have to suck my dick unless you also want to take a plane trip. But the last time I had this exact problem, it turned out that the woman that cleans my house had accidentally touched a button on the small desktop speaker that controls the master volume level. She had turned it all the way down! It took me about an hour before I stumbled across the location of the button in the instruction manual.
Any buttons like that which might have had their position shifted during the move?
Good luck.
Ooh, that would drive me nuts! I don't think there are any buttons that I'm aware of although one thing did say something about the "mute button on the keyboard". I don't know what the heck that is! I've done everything that can be done by searching "no audio". I'm so sad.
:(
Uh-oh. The dreaded mute button. We all have one. What's your keyboard look like? Its on there somewhere. I'd google the keyboard brand and/or PC brand, and "Mute" and see if you find out which one it is. It might not be the solution, but you should definitely try it.
PS: Still thinking of your offer ;-) But my marriage seems to be going pretty well right now and that wouldn't do it any good.
You're a doll! I will try exactly what you said to do, I know there has to be something easy that I'm missing.
Oh, don't feel too badly about being married, I don't suck married dick anyway so you'll have to wait until after the divorce...but DO call me, I seem to owe you one!
Yes, I know how u feel about married dick. I'm hoping my marriage will last at least as long as my dick does, but if it doesn't I'll come down and visit. I have friends in GA, and loved Atlanta whenever I visit.
It is nice if the marriage outlives the use of a dick but since you can't always count on that...remember me!
I can't do a damn thing about this sound. I'm getting really annoyed. I don't know what else to check and now I'm just doing the same stuff over again. Damn, damn, damn, damn!
What type of speakers and PC do you have?
It's a Hewlitt-Packard with two speakers. I don't even know what kind they are except to say that they're broken.
:)
r u running windows or Vista? is there a little pic of a speaker in the lower right hand corner with any type of stuff next to it (a red circle with a line through it, for instance)? If I'm asking stupid questions, let me know. Its been 2 years since I used a PC (I switched to Macs) so I'm kind of going from my hazy memory and what I find online.
Do u feel comfortable using the Control Panel? Have you been in there to check the sound settings?
Yep, the speaker in the corner is fine. I went into Control Panel and checked Sound, I've done all of the usual things. It's GOT to be something stupid like a mute button I can't find.
It's very annoying.
I DID IT! Somehow I had plugged the power cord into the wrong hole. I'd be annoyed at myself if I weren't so glad to be back in business!
Thanks John!
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