Sorry - ^G, ctrl-G is the ASCII 007 character. Use notepad-plus-plus and the "character panel" (or your favorite binary or full ASCII editor
) to insert ASCII 007 BEL character in a batch file such as this (I did this from the console/command prompt and ^G inserts the proper character - Control-Z to end file and save/exit - don't know if this editor will preserve the characters here):
copy con: sounds.bat
@echo off
echo ^G^G^G
start sndvol32.exe
start mmsys.cpl
^Z
So, basically, I've gone through all the devices and the setup options from the control-panel apps listed above and still no "sound" but yet the internal speaker appears to work when ^G "the bell" is rendered??? One thing I have noticed - I have MagicJack and it appears under AUDIO in the MMSYS panel as "USB Internet phone by TigerJet" - maybe that's interfering but I'm sure we had the problem before we got that. Also, on MMSYS.CPL under Volume->advanced it gives the option to "select speakers" but internal speaker isn't an options - but "no speakers" is. I've tried about every combo - my soundcard, when I look at the drivers, etc. say "it's working normally" or whatever the verbage is - but I've had plenty of computers lie to me before - it's a SoundMAX sound-card - is there a definitive "sound card dead" test? - I haven't found something like that either. I uninstall it and it redetects it just fine - but no sound - CD's won't play either.
I'll try to get something to plug in and test that way... It's a DELL, so the card is, of course (as most are these days), integrated. WinXP, SP3, DELL Dimension 8400
Thanks for your help,
Dave
