HP Xw6200 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM Technical Reference Manual page 132

Table 5-8 Audio Problems (Continued)
Problem
Noise or no sound comes out of
the speakers or headphones.
NOTE If you set digital as the Output Mode, the internal speaker and external analog speakers will no longer output audio until
you switch back to an auto-sense or analog mode.
If you set analog as the Output Mode, external digital speakers will not function until you change the output mode back to an
auto-sense or digital mode.
Sound cuts in and out.
Workstation appears to be locked
up while recording audio.
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Cause
External speakers plugged into
the wrong audio jack.
Audio cable not connected.
Digital CD audio is
not enabled.
Headphones or devices
connected to the line-out
connector mute the internal
speaker.
Volume is muted.
Computer is in Hibernate
mode.
Processor resources are being
used by other open
applications.
The hard disk might be full.
Solution
See the sound card documentation for proper speaker
connection.
Connect audio cable between CD or DVD-ROM drive and
the system board.
Enable digital CD audio:
1 From the Control Panel, select System.
2 On the Hardware tab, click the Device Manager
button.
3 Right-click the CD/DVD device and select Properties.
4 On the Properties tab, be sure "Enable digital CD
audio for this CD-ROM device" is checked.
Turn on and use headphones or external speakers, if
connected, or disconnect headphones or external
speakers.
1 From the Control Panel program, click Sound, Speech
and Audio Devices, then click Sounds and Audio
Devices.
2 Click the Mute checkbox to remove the check mark
from the box.
Press the power button to resume from Hibernate mode.
1 If using digital speakers that have a stereo jack and
want the system to auto-switch to digital, use a stereo-
to-mono adapter to properly engage the auto-sense
feature or use the multimedia device properties
to manually switch the audio signal from analog to
digital.
2 If the headphones have a mono jack, use the
multimedia device properties to switch the system to
analog out.
Shut down all open processor-intensive applications.
1 Before recording, be sure there is enough free space
on the hard disk.
2 Try recording the audio file in a compressed format.