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    CF-29L Audio Problumes

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by jayman88, Jun 21, 2011.

  1. jayman88

    jayman88 Newbie

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    I have installed the driver.exe from the Panasonic website for the sound but yet the sound still does not work. I have tryed the head phone jack in the back and yet still nuthing I have installed the chip set driver trying to see it that would help. If you guys can help. THanks

    It tells me to install the sigmatel c-major audio. When I install it is there any software like were you can change. the EQ or puts an Icon in the Lower right hand corner because if so It doesnt do it on this end. I have also when thru and tryed all the models sound cards and this is the only one that will install. But mabe i should take it apart and look to see what it is. or is there some drivers missing or something because when I press my FM key and try the F1 and F2 they dont do anything ether and I have the graphics driver installed and its a intell media somthing.
     
  2. SHEEPMAN!

    SHEEPMAN! Freelance

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    I dinked around with a L model and a N for weeks. No luck until I used factory restore disk for the specific Mark. Then sound auto-magically returned.
    One thing I found out later and that "might" work.
    Like I said this might work.
    Edit: Welcome to the nut-house.

    Jeff
     
  3. jayman88

    jayman88 Newbie

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    kool thanks trying that now
     
  4. jayman88

    jayman88 Newbie

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    ok I tryed doing that and yet still no sound lol but were did you get a recover disc for this model. Because I would like to get one. Panasonic dont sell them for this model any more I had a nice long chat with them lol. SO if you can huck a brother up be great. Thanks
     
  5. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Have you checked in "Device Manager" to see if it's installed right.
     
  6. SHEEPMAN!

    SHEEPMAN! Freelance

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    If you have no sound at the speaker/headphone jack you may have a more serious problem.

    Or possibly, not, if the drivers are installed wrong. The two machines I mentioned above (previous post) always had sound at the headphone jack. You do not??

    Do you have access to a Live CD from any late version of Linux? They make a great diagnostic tool even if you never install to your hard drive. Below is a sample from a simple command. This is a tidbit from the information the command "lscpi" generated.
    If the machine being a computer can not see Sigmatel c-major audio then it is not installed or the device is broken. Computers do exactly what you tell them. The bad thing is they do exactly what you tell them. :D
    IN XPPro:
    Go to [start][my computer][local disk c:]
    double click c:
    Do you have a folder [util] or [util2]
    open util
    open drivers
    open sound
    Let us know if that is all there. I show 8 files in sound.

    or/and

    start
    control panel
    sound and audio devices
    hardware

    The top line for me is sigma-tel c-major audio.

    Do any of the function keys work?
    Try:
    start,control panel,system,hardware,device manager........how many boxes have exclamation points. I'll bet at least two.
    What's your full model #. Like CF-29LAQGZBM please.

    Jeff
     
  7. ohlip

    ohlip Toughbook Modder

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    My guess is, its only a driver issue. Not properly registered on the system registry.

    ohlip
     
  8. interestingfellow

    interestingfellow Notebook Deity

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    check the headphone jack with headphones
    then a live linux disk +1
    also, I had a hell of a time with onboard SB once.... it was using the same irq as a pcmcia network card. took me forever to figure out. If anything has been changed/upgraded, that might be something to look at.

    IMHO
     
  9. jimrx7

    jimrx7 Notebook Consultant

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