Different sound volume displays from Thinkpad and Vista

[netmask254]

When press sound up/down buttons, there is a volume bar including volume value showing on screen. On my system, this volume is always the half of Windows volume value (Speakers: SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio). For example, when Thinkpad volume is 2, Windows volume is 4. I can adjust Windows volume to 3 and feel the difference with volume 2, while the Thinkpad display is still 1. I never encounter similar problem on Windows XP before.

Does anybody encounter this boring issue or know how to further debug it? Thanks a lot!

Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 on X61S

[Yacek]

When press sound up/down buttons, there is a volume bar including volume value showing on screen. On my system, this volume is always the half of Windows volume value (Speakers: SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio). For example, when Thinkpad volume is 2, Windows volume is 4. I can adjust Windows volume to 3 and feel the difference with volume 2, while the Thinkpad display is still 1. I never encounter similar problem on Windows XP before.

Does anybody encounter this boring issue or know how to further debug it? Thanks a lot!

Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 on X61S

Maybe it's due to that ThinkPad indicator is 0-50 scale, while Windows is 0-100% scale... that makes "double" counting Windows meter... ?
On my T61p actually the TP sound display shows 21, while master windows volume shows 42%

[crashnburn]

Can this be used to food Thinkpad into AMPLIFYING the sound more..than normal .. crappy T speakers?

I am guessing this is due to some registry / setting mismatch?