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I just bought a brand new PC with Vista already installed, it didnt come with speakers so I plugged in my old emachines sp-20A speakers and installed the latest vista drivers. Still to hear anything you have to put your ear right up to the speakers. Please try and help me out!

Lou

i am assuming the speakers have there own volume control and that is where you are turning up the volume. Check vista's internal volume in the control panel.... i think it is still there haven't used my vista computer in a few weeks.

Ok do you have multiple ports to plug sound in. and do the speakers have any special functions like required software or an amp that they plug into.

Perhaps your speakers are defective? If not, then try reinstalling your drivers.

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Mike

the headphones sound normal

I hadd the same problem with a new laptop. It had vista premium. The problem went away after installed all of the new vista updates. You probably know how to do this, but if you don't:
Go to the control panel
In the bottom left corner there is the option to update the computer.
Update the computer several times to be sure that you get all of the updates.

which update solved the problem?

Oh yeah - I had eMachines speakers. They stopped working one day, so I had to get a new pair. I discovered they had stopped working because the wire protruding from the back had been streched too far. Have you streched yours?

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Mike