Windows 98 sound problem

[bovinedragon]

I reformatted my windows 98 computer, and the sound didnt work for a long time. I figured out I had to update the sound driver, so I did, but now the sound plays really quietly. I turned the volume up to the max, and I tried it with two differnt speakers, and it still is really quiet. Is there any other way to increase the speaker volume, possible past the maximum volume setting in the volume control menu, or is there any reason it is doing this.

[PeejAvery]

It could be multiple things.

1. Not all sound cards power the speakers. If your speakers aren't powered by themselves, you can have this problem. Try a pair of headphones and see how those work.

2. There are multiple channels on the sound mixer you can alter. Make sure that both the main output, and the wav output are up.

[Catherine Sea]

did the speaker work on this computer before?
It may be not a sound problem

[geero]

you sure the speakers are in the speaker input, the one on the motherboard and not the one for the modem?

[DataMiser]

Another thing to check is the wav volume control. Sometimes you will just see a single volume control and it can be set to max but the sound is still low.

The volume control actually has seperate settings other than master volume they are wav, cd, line in and synth. Most windows sounds are wav so you need to make sure that your wav volume is cranked up.

If that is not the case could be that the driver has a setting that is causing yoru problem, or speakers in the wrong port, or speakers took a crap.