My bet is you've plugged the speaker cable into the microphone port. You will find any 3rd-party device drivers listed within this category. I’ve got Nahimic on and the sound driver’s updated. My friends noticed my audio cuts in and out. Still no joy? Check within 'Sound, Video & Game Controllers' inside Device Manager. My laptop’s audio fluctuates - sometimes it sounds like the volume’s pretty low then all of a sudden both speakers blast and then to solo speaker again. To get my TV to play these videos at a volume comparable to watching normal TV, I have to convert the videos boosting the volume and then play converted result on TV. Adjust your headphone volume and audio output for your applications using the different sliders accordingly. Right-click the sound icon found at the lower right corner of the taskbar. Same video plays fine volume wise on computer. For a quick access to your headphone volume, follow these steps. If it's not showing in the Systray, check in Control Panel for an icon bearing the legend of your on-board soundchip. Have to turn up TV volume to 100 and it’s still too low. I have a 2 year old Acer Inspirion, btw, and the sound card has no options on it at all. I had forgotten how low the sound was on my laptop, but even at full volume I need subtitles to figure out what’s going on. Each of my systems has a 3rd-party 'equalizer/sound effects' module (with corresponding systray icon - if shown) which can independently interfere with among other things, VOLUME. I’ve been running my sound through a soundbar but it died yesterday.

#3 Check on your Systray for an icon related to any 3rd-party sound modules. If you have been using the wrong socket (easily done) when you plug them into the correct socket, self-powered speakers turned up full, can be destroyed in microseconds. #2 Check with the speakers again, plugging them into another socket PREFERABLY with the speakers volume turned down. The speaker and microphone sockets DO tend to be sited right next to each other! If the sound is low on the headphones a] something else is causing the reduced volume or b] you've been plugging your speakers into the microphone socket. If the sound is loud on the headphones - the speakers are naff. #1 Try using a pair of headphones, plugged in where the speaker feed would be.

My laptop volume is low