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No sound from onboard speakers on R500
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No sound from onboard speakers on R500
Hi,
I recently brought a R500 off ebay and it works well, but there is no sound coming from the built in speakers. I can get sound through the headphone jack but not from the speakers. It use to beep in the bios if you pressed random keys but it won't do that ether now.
I recently brought a R500 off ebay and it works well, but there is no sound coming from the built in speakers. I can get sound through the headphone jack but not from the speakers. It use to beep in the bios if you pressed random keys but it won't do that ether now.
Re: No sound from onboard speakers on R500
Did you check to make sure the speakers are still plugged into the board?
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R51 1829-W1C 2GB RAM
R500 2716-RY6
T520i 4239-47U
T530 2392-AQU 3610qm, 16GB RAM, classic kb
SK-8835 Ultranav keyboard Japanese layout
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Re: No sound from onboard speakers on R500
Inspect the speakers visually. Given their age, the speaker diaphragm may have incurred damage.
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Re: No sound from onboard speakers on R500
I was able to get sound to come from the right speaker only after fiddling with the connector. The connector is completely inserted into the socket and i have sprayed contact cleaner into it as well.
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Re: No sound from onboard speakers on R500
Given the age of the machine (it's 12 years old already), broken wires are not unusual.
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Re: No sound from onboard speakers on R500
I think the speaker diaphragm may have incurred damage.
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