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    I'm feeling really stupid but why are my speakers so quiet? G50vt

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Karplak, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. Karplak

    Karplak Notebook Enthusiast

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    For some reason my speakers are super duper quiet. I have a g50vt-a1 I just got yesterday. It's a totally clean install with RAID 0 and x64 Vista Ultimate. I've checked the Dolby settings, the Realtek settings, and the Windows settings. I also went into the BIOS and set the volume to 8. For some reason all applications are super quiet. When I click the Windows volume control it makes the noise and it's quiet. In the Dolby settings when I click on the test volume that's the only time it plays loud. What gives?
     
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    I was having a similar problem and found out I had to hit the FN key while hitting the volume key and it worked I also went to the Asus website and downloaded their latest graphics driver and that solved my issue of lagging..
    hope this helps you..
     
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    I'm not finding an audio driver on Asus' website for x64 Vista... I'll try the Video driver though. Tried uninstalling Dolby, still nothing. Tried the fn+volume up, maxed out already.
     
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    The sound on the one I have does not get real loud, but loud enough I guess..I'll have to check tomarrow and let you know, as its in hiding right now, gonna be a surprize..lol
     
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    I literally can't even hear what they're saying on Alone in the Dark and everything is turned all the way up. Is that normal? There is minimal background noise, just a little music. Am I going to have to play in dead silence?
     
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    If anything call Asus, you get a rep super fast and will prolly have you set up in no time..had my problems fixed within 5 min.
     
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    I can definetly hear the voices in World of Warcraft and the music, do you have the number to Asus?
     
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    When booting go into the Bios, either f2 or f8 i cant remember. Then go to speaker volume and change it to 8. After that, the speakers should be much louder.
     
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    Awesome + rep...

    I had a similar problem in my F8Va and I was just thinking that it was due to the crappy speakers. Now the sound is much much better... (Originally the sound was set to 4 in the BIOS, now it is 8 [max])

    Thanks again...
     
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    No prob, I had the same issue and at first I was pretty bummed about the speakers. It makes a huge difference. I'm not sure why the ship them with it set so low?
     
    bartystewart, Nov 20, 2008
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