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    Blown Tuba CineBass Booster

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Aftrbrnr, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. Aftrbrnr

    Aftrbrnr Newbie

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    I have a 6920G, and I was just watching a simple Youtube movie when suddenly I noticed a dramatic loss in bass from the sound. I went into the settings and played around with the "Internal Subwoofer" volume setting since that's the one many of you guys on here say control the Tuba. I played a song and played around with the volume setting just to confirm if it was working or not, normally you can tell if you slide the volume back and forth if the Tuba is working but this time the bass didn't change regardless of which position the slider is in. On top of that, it's obvious the Tuba isn't working because the sound quality is horrible now without the Tuba, the standard speakers don't do a really good job producing bass and normal bass notes in music are almost silent now - basically, everything has a "treble-ly" feel to it now.

    I've heard stories of Acer refusing to replace the Tuba despite the fact it's clearly broken, has anyone successfully replaced their damaged Tuba?
     
    Aftrbrnr, Mar 24, 2009
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  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    One of those "stories" of Acer refusing to replace the Tuba was me, and that was because it wasn't broken - I just had higher expectations of what the bass would be.
    In this case, I'd say it's worth a shot to replace it.
     
    TehSuigi, Mar 24, 2009
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    Nokia 3650 Notebook Guru

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    There is nothing wrong with your hardware. You simply need to re-instal your audio drivers. This happens to my ACER al the time. Open your E-RECOVERY tool and select the audio driver (and you know the rest).
     
    Nokia 3650, Mar 27, 2009
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    This is true. I have been struggling with this problem for an hour now, and I find when I reinstall the driver, the sub woofer makes a loud noise (rather than none) during the eAudio test.

    Before I reinstalled, it had made no noise, but the options were all in my sound controls to set it up. The problem is, now that the bass is working, I am not able to select 5.1 surround sound in the control panel. When I select it in eAudio management and press ok, it goes back to "built in speakers" on its own.

    I'm going to try reinstalling and restarting again, and the screenshot shows when my bass was working, but not selectable.. just after the restart.

    Please Help!
     

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    Bump. I have seen this issue discussed in depth on these forums. Surely someone has some advice for me?
     
    Epictetus32, Jul 19, 2009
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    :confused:
     
    Epictetus32, Aug 2, 2009
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