What's it mean when your speakers produce sound but

[graywarrior]

you can't get CD's to play sound or video sounds to work? I have XP on a borrowed computer.

[welshTerrier2]

1. try this for starters ...

down in your system tray (the icons near the clock), you should see an icon that looks like a kind of megaphone ...

double click that icon to open up the volume control ...

on the volume control menu, click the "options" menu then click on "properties" ... make sure all the different types of volume controls are selected ... click "OK ...

now, while viewing all the different types of volume controls, make sure none of them is muted and that the volume is turned up at least half way on all ... also, make sure the balance for each control is centered ... then close the volume control window ...

hope this helps ... let us know ...

[graywarrior]

2. Nope, still no sound

Does Win XP professional version have anything to do with it?

[trotsky]

3. The CDs not playing sound can be due to...

the lack of an audio cable running from the CD-ROM drive to a connector on the sound card or motherboard. Some systems play CDs digitally through the data connector, but many use an audio cable mixed directly in by the sound card. Open up the box and look for a cable like this that connects them:

[hobbit709]

4. Do you have

more than one CD/DVD drive/ If you have two, usually only one is connected to the sound card. If your Cd drive has two buttons on the front, push the left one with a Cd in it. It should start playing immediately if the sound cable is connected.