harman/kardon speaker doesn't work

[Julie]

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I have a Dell 4100 desktop and harman/kardon speakers. The one main speaker
doesn't work and I can't tell what is wrong. Everything is plugged in. It
worked last week. What could be the problem?

 

[Snoopy]

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the balance? have you done any troubleshooting yet in Control Panel/Sound?
you running WinME?

when you say the one main speaker, what *exactly" do you mean? the is no
"main" speaker. do you mean the sub-woofer? How many speakers do you have?
do you have a seperate sound card?

"julie" <mz9xyz@1111zz.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Dell 4100 desktop and harman/kardon speakers. The one main
speaker
> doesn't work and I can't tell what is wrong. Everything is plugged in.
It
> worked last week. What could be the problem?
>
>

 

[Guest]

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What do you mean by "main" speaker? Left, right, or
sub-woofer?

If the right speaker is not working, it is usually because
the plug is not pushed in all the way or that a segment of
the plug is not making good contact. Make sure the plug is
pushed in as far as it will go, then twist the plug left and
right a few times to ensure contact.

"julie" <mz9xyz@1111zz.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Dell 4100 desktop and harman/kardon speakers.
The one main speaker
> doesn't work and I can't tell what is wrong. Everything
is plugged in. It
> worked last week. What could be the problem?
>
>

 

[gb]

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julie <mz9xyz@1111zz.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Dell 4100 desktop and harman/kardon speakers. The one main
speaker
> doesn't work and I can't tell what is wrong. Everything is plugged in.
It
> worked last week. What could be the problem?
>

The best way to trouble-shoot this kind of problem is to have a second set
of speakers and plug different bits in. See if you can borrow a set of
speakers from a friend.

Before doing that, check that evrything is plugged in correctly, etc

 

[russell]

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Also, this can sometimes occur with powered speakers from various
manufacturers in the event of a momentary power brownout. Power off your
system, unplug the speakers from your computer's sound ports, unplug the
speaker power , then plug them back in, plug them back into your computer's
ports, then power up your system. This may resolve the issue.

Hope this helps,
Russell
http://tastycomputers.com

"julie" <mz9xyz@1111zz.com> wrote in message
news:40a0c223$0$2991$61fed72c@news.rcn.com...
> I have a Dell 4100 desktop and harman/kardon speakers. The one main
speaker
> doesn't work and I can't tell what is wrong. Everything is plugged in.
It
> worked last week. What could be the problem?
>
>

 

[Julie]

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"Russell" <rsullivan@tastycomputersdotcom_replacedotwith"."> wrote in
message news:4Y7oc.27407$xw3.1863358@attbi_s04...
> Also, this can sometimes occur with powered speakers from various
> manufacturers in the event of a momentary power brownout. Power off your
> system, unplug the speakers from your computer's sound ports, unplug the
> speaker power , then plug them back in, plug them back into your
computer's
> ports, then power up your system. This may resolve the issue.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Russell
> http://tastycomputers.com

Thanks everyone. There were several power outages from storms and I guess
that was what happened to my speaker. After some fiddlin around, it works
again. Thanks for the help.