.os2.multimedia:341   
   From: "ivan"    
      
   On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:23:17 UTC, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)    
   wrote:   
      
   > ivan  writes:   
   > >    
   > > There is also the possibility that the sound card has died, hence no    
   > > response even if the drivers are loading.   
   >    
   > Ah, I did not think of that. I guess it's possible for the card to still    
   > respond enough during boot to prevent a config.sys error, yet have a    
   > problem later on. (The speakers work fine when plugged into a portable CD    
   > player, by the way.)   
   >    
   > Is there a way to test that, to send a signal directly to the card?   
   >    
   > Pierre   
      
   There is no easy way to test and be sure it is the card without a lot    
   of expensive equipment.   
      
   It could be that just the output stage is faulty - that would let the    
   OS see the card at boot but nothing would get out to the real world.   
      
   One quick and dirty test would be to get one of the linux live cds and   
   see if that will produce sound.  If it doesn't then I think a new card   
   is in order.   
      
   ivan   
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