More fun with computer problems
Sep. 30th, 2010 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elibalinSometime within the past week, my desktop machine went half-mute; that is, sound only works in a few applications, without obvious rhyme or reason. I suspect this may have been precipitated by *something* getting updated (I'm half inclined to point my finger at iTunes/Quicktime, for no reason in particular), but I have no clear idea *what*.
Out of what I've tested thus far,
What is audible:
iTunes
The few games I've tested, thus far (City of Heroes, Knights of the Old Republic, Audiosurf)
The Silverlight browser plugin Netflix uses for streaming
The 3D audio demo built into the sound hardware's control panel
What is silent:
Windows system sounds
Pidgin
sound from DVDs
Audacity
Anything using Flash (which includes things like Hulu)
Updating the drivers didn't change anything. The sound hardware is built into the motherboard, something I've had a bit of wariness about in the past, but which hasn't actually been a problem. I'm more than slightly inclined to toss in a ten year-old Soundblaster I have lying around.
On the upside, the computer is less likely to spit out a series of annoying chimes when the cat walks across or slumps atop the keyboard, as he is wont to do.
Bah.
Out of what I've tested thus far,
What is audible:
iTunes
The few games I've tested, thus far (City of Heroes, Knights of the Old Republic, Audiosurf)
The Silverlight browser plugin Netflix uses for streaming
The 3D audio demo built into the sound hardware's control panel
What is silent:
Windows system sounds
Pidgin
sound from DVDs
Audacity
Anything using Flash (which includes things like Hulu)
Updating the drivers didn't change anything. The sound hardware is built into the motherboard, something I've had a bit of wariness about in the past, but which hasn't actually been a problem. I'm more than slightly inclined to toss in a ten year-old Soundblaster I have lying around.
On the upside, the computer is less likely to spit out a series of annoying chimes when the cat walks across or slumps atop the keyboard, as he is wont to do.
Bah.