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Sound works in safe mode only
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Posted by thepiercedbull (1 messages posted)

I have this perplexing no sound issue. The sound on my Gateway 7405gx laptop started to sound slow periodically like a record player slowing down. Then it stopped working at all. I tried updating the driver and reinstalling the driver off the Recovery disk. I even did a clean complete system reinstall off the Recovery disk. Still no luck. The odd part is I can here system beeps in SAFE Mode Only.The sound is a realtek chip built into the motherboard. Is my motherboard shot? Thanks.

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re: Sound works in safe mode only
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Posted by Rich Kurtz (11778 messages posted)

Try the following:

First, physically disconnect from the Internet to prevent a malware infection while 
your Anti-virus and/or Firewall are disabled in the following steps:

Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab and disable everything.
Do a regular  boot, see if it runs normal.
If yes then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.
Reconnect to the Internet when done.

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re: Sound works in safe mode only
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Posted by Jacob6601 (1710 messages posted)

The system beeps in SAFE Mode have nothing to do with your sound card/onboard sound chip. They are merely electric pulses. Check if there are two different speakers in your PC. Also, do you have a headphone jack?

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