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    Tecra A3 low volume

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Daz_, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. Daz_

    Daz_ Newbie

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    Hi all, I hope somone can help.
    I purchased a used Tecra A3. With Win XP Professional, service pack three. I did not get any discs with it.
    It has been working well until a week or so ago. It has very low volume, I have the volume and wave levels set to max. The manual volume wheel on the front has no effect, it used to work
    I think the problem started when I downloaded FLV files from youtube, then I downloaded a program ('super' was the name of the program) to convert the FLV files to AVI files.
    I have uninstalled the converting program, I could not get it to convert anything. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the sound card driver - AC97 Realtech sound card. I have uninstalled and reinstalled WMP11. None of this helped.

    I was thinking performing a system recovery to try to fix the problem.
    My question is, if I perform the system recovery, to the get back to the out of box settings, will it erase the WIN XP operating system?

    Thanks for any help received, Darren.
     
    Daz_, Jun 1, 2009
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  2. lonewolf0069

    lonewolf0069 Notebook Consultant

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    Just do a system restore to the time prior to installing that stuff, that should take care of it.
     
    lonewolf0069, Jun 2, 2009
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    Daz_ Newbie

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    Thanks lone wolf, I will give that a go.
     
    Daz_, Jun 2, 2009
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    Logitech456 Notebook Consultant

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    try new audio drivers
     
    Logitech456, Jun 3, 2009
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