Volume controls are sporadic
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:47 am
Hello,
I have been using my new W530 for a few weeks now, and generally like it. However, I am having problems with the volume buttons. It seems that only sometimes I can use the actual buttons on the machine to change the volume up or down. Generally it fails when I watch youtube videos...I can hit the button once, but after that hitting it doens't do anything until I adjust the volume with the volume control display with the mouse. Once I use the software to change the volume one way or the other, the hardware keys start to work.
Has anybody else experienced this problem? I did a google search and found a thread where somebody was experiencing the exact same issue: http://208.74.204.134/t5/W-Series-Think ... d-p/863519
In that thread they talk about how it is a problem with Firefox and the Flash player plugin. Strange. The guy on that thread posted a workaround, but I have not been able to try it because I cannot find "mms.cgf". His instructions are as follows:
I remember that when I first got the machine, none of the indicator lights would work and I had to reinstall the drivers (yes 5 minutes out of the box and I am reinstalling the drivers. Great job Lenovo). So I'm thinking *maybe* reinstalling the volume button drivers may help?
I am running 64bit windows 7. I guess I haven't noticed it this problem happens with Chrome or other browsers. Would it really matter though?
Thanks, please let me know what other information I should post.
I have been using my new W530 for a few weeks now, and generally like it. However, I am having problems with the volume buttons. It seems that only sometimes I can use the actual buttons on the machine to change the volume up or down. Generally it fails when I watch youtube videos...I can hit the button once, but after that hitting it doens't do anything until I adjust the volume with the volume control display with the mouse. Once I use the software to change the volume one way or the other, the hardware keys start to work.
Has anybody else experienced this problem? I did a google search and found a thread where somebody was experiencing the exact same issue: http://208.74.204.134/t5/W-Series-Think ... d-p/863519
In that thread they talk about how it is a problem with Firefox and the Flash player plugin. Strange. The guy on that thread posted a workaround, but I have not been able to try it because I cannot find "mms.cgf". His instructions are as follows:
I can't seem to find any .cfg files for Flash player...You can disable it by adding the line ProtectedMode=0 to
32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg
64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg
Source: https://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/i ... refox.html
I remember that when I first got the machine, none of the indicator lights would work and I had to reinstall the drivers (yes 5 minutes out of the box and I am reinstalling the drivers. Great job Lenovo). So I'm thinking *maybe* reinstalling the volume button drivers may help?
I am running 64bit windows 7. I guess I haven't noticed it this problem happens with Chrome or other browsers. Would it really matter though?
Thanks, please let me know what other information I should post.