Lost sound on computer and on skype

[Guzeppi]

I use Windows XP.

I have no sound at all on my computer.  Cannot even call the sound test service on skype as there is no ringing tone.



All settings are in order but even if I try to play a cd no sound comes out.

I am at a loss and have been wracking my 74-year-old brain for the last three hours IN VAIN----ending up with a splitting headache!

[patio]

Does anyone else use this PC ? ?
Sounds silly but check all the obvious things 1st...
Volume on speakers turned up ?
Speaker jack connected firmly ?
Are there any Yellow ?'s in Device Manager ?

Also i believe Skyp has it's own volume control along with the Windows one in Control Panel...so check them both...

[Guzeppi]

Thks for prompt reply.  I am the only person using this computer, no one else.

All the points you mentioned have been checked and are ok.

Any other suggestions plse?

[patio]

All devices showing up in device manager properly ? ?
As i don't use Skype i can't really advise on the issue...other than re-installing it...

Someone else may be along shortly.

[glen r]

If it was working before have you tried to go back and reset the computer to a previous date when it was working.  Sometimes funny things happen without any rhyme or reason.

[Guzeppi]

After a lot of further trial and error, I discovered that the cable connected to the speakers had come off loose (disconnected).  You see, my computer is in a small corner of our spare bedroom in a tiny maisonette and therefore my cables are not always easy to reach as one has to stoop down to the floor and, more or less, work blindly to check the cables in a hard-to-reach corner.

Thks again for your help, particularly yr patience with me.

GUZEPPI from the Middle Sea.

[Salmon Trout]

I discovered that the cable connected to the speakers had come off loose (disconnected)

If it is any consolation, this has happened to me more than once, and each time I went crazy checking settings on the computer before actually looking at the cable.