Dinosaur without sound

[thesquid14]

My really old PC hasn't had sound for over a year now, so recently I installed new speakers.  I've gotten sound out of it, but it's only static, and I've been reinstalling it, checking for interference, all of that, but still only low static comes out of them, sometimes even out of only one.  I've had this problem for a while, and I need advice.  Is there a way to fix it?

[Computer_Commando]

My really old PC hasn't had sound for over a year now, so recently I installed new speakers.  I've gotten sound out of it, but it's only static, and I've been reinstalling it, checking for interference, all of that, but still only low static comes out of them, sometimes even out of only one.  I've had this problem for a while, and I need advice.  Is there a way to fix it?

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[DaveLembke]

Do these speakers take power from USB or a power adapter plugged into an outlet? I have seen similar problems to yours if you plug in OLD speakers that older systems use to power thru sound card into a newer style sound port that requires a pre-amp to amplify the sound and drive speakers.

Its also possible that the sound card or onboard audio chip is bad if correct drivers.