Lenovo ThinkStation E31 - Audio Problems

Selecttheproblemyourcomputerisexperiencingfromthefollowinglist:
•“Audioproblems”onpage97
•“CDproblems”onpage98
•“DVDproblems”onpage99
•“Intermittentproblems”onpage101
•“Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdeviceproblems”onpage101
•“Monitorproblems”onpage102
•“Networkingproblems”onpage104
•“Optionproblems”onpage107
•“Performanceandlockupproblems”onpage108
•“Printerproblems”onpage109
•“Serialportproblems”onpage109
•“Softwareproblems”onpage110
•“USBproblems”onpage111
Audioproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“NoaudioinWindows”onpage97
•“AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedintoadrive”
onpage98
•“Soundcomesfromoneexternalspeakeronly”onpage98
•“NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames”onpage98
NoaudioinWindows
Symptom:NoaudioinWindows
Actions:
•IfyouareusingpoweredexternalspeakersthathaveanOn/Offcontrol,verifythattheOn/Offcontrolis
settotheOnpositionandthespeakerpowercableisconnectedtoaproperlygrounded,functionalac
electricaloutlet.
•Ifyourexternalspeakershaveavolumecontrol,verifythatthevolumecontrolisnotsettoolow.
•Double-clickthespeakericonintheWindowsnoticationarea.Amastervolume-controlwindowopens.
VerifythattheMutesettingsarenotcheckedandnoneofthevolumesettingsissettoolow.
•Somemodelshaveafrontaudiopanelyoucanusetoadjustvolume.Ifyouhaveafrontaudiopanel,
verifythatthevolumeisnotsettoolow.
•Verifythatyourexternalspeakers(andheadphones,ifused)areconnectedtothecorrectaudioconnector
onthecomputer.Mostspeakercablesarecolor-codedtomatchtheconnector.
Note:Whenexternal-speakerorheadphonecablesareattachedtotheaudioconnector,theinternal
speaker,ifpresent,isdisabled.Inmostcases,ifanaudioadapterisinstalledinoneoftheexpansionslots,
theaudiofunctionbuiltintothesystemboardisdisabled;usetheaudiojacksontheadapter.
•MakesurethattheprogramyouarerunningisdesignedforuseintheMicrosoftWindowsoperating
system.IftheprogramisdesignedtoruninDOS,theprogramdoesnotusetheWindowssoundfeature
andmustbeconguredtouseSoundBlasterProorSoundBlasteremulation.
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