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    edited February 2014 in Troubleshooting
    I have these old desktop speakers & I'm trying to use them on my laptop but when I plug them in the audio is low even though I have the volume to the max. Is there anything I can do?
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      edited February 2014
      Stupid question, but is the volume on the computer up? And the volume on the speakers?
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      edited February 2014
      The computer volume is up but the volume of the speakers is low
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      edited February 2014
      Welcome to Club Polk!

      Are those "stand alone" POWERED computer speakers--do they have a VOLUME CONTROL? Or were they part of a 2.1 system where the volume control was on a cable and NOT on the speakers themselves. Because that would explain why your volume might be low?

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      edited February 2014
      cnh wrote: »
      Welcome to Club Polk!

      Are those "stand alone" POWERED computer speakers--do they have a VOLUME CONTROL? Or were they part of a 2.1 system where the volume control was on a cable and NOT on the speakers themselves. Because that would explain why your volume might be low?

      cnh
      Their stand alone speakers. They dont have any volume control
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      edited February 2014
      Another dumb question but don't these have batteries? If so, have you checked them?
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      edited February 2014
      Hello,
      Those were developed to be used with a specific H-P Pavilion computer that contained an amplified sound card. If you are using them with a non-amplified sound card there won't be any volume.
      Regards, Ken
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