The audio of my computer is not very loud although the volume controls shows it turned all the way up?

Ur sound card might have a short in it. if it does it no matter what the sound is then its ur sound cardThe audio of my computer is not very loud although the volume controls shows it turned all the way up?
windows xp sound / microphone setup





right click my computer icon click on propeties


click on hardware tab


click on device manager


click on the





+





next to sound /video /game/controllers





check to see if there is any yellow makes over the sound driver


if no if yes you need to reinstall the sound drivers





close off device manager





windows xp settings, sound


make sure your speaker conncetion is in the speaker port


on your sound card ..if you have a SPEAKER box with power set it to on or if your spearks have a power %26amp; volume on set too on and turn up the volume on them





click on start / control panel


sound speech,and audio devices, icon


click on change the speaker settings,tab


a sound and audio devices properties box will pop up





volume ,tab


device volume bar , set too high


untick, mute





ckick on advanced,tab


a volume control box will pop up


untick any box that has tick in the mute


click on the volume control box red X too close the


volume control box





speaker settings


click on speaker volume ,tab


left, set the volume level too high


right,set the volume level too high


clikc ok





click on advanced, tab





speakers,tab


speaker setup, set the tab,too desktop stereo speakers





click on perfomance tab,


hardware acceleration, bar,set too, full


sample rate conversion quality bar, set too , best


click ok








now on the click on audio tab,





sound playback, default device , set tab for your sound card


sound recording ,default device, set tab for your sound card





now click on voice tab


voice playback,default device,set tab for your sound card


voice,recording,default device,set tab for your sound card


click on apply %26amp; ok





now in the control panel click on the sound and audio devices,icon


tick the box , place volume icon in the taskbar


click apply %26amp; ok


close off the control panel








now click on the


volume icon in the taskbar


volume control box will pop up


on the top click on options


then on properties





at the top in mixer device box


click on the tab, set the device for your sound card





in show following volume controls box list





1:tick, volume control


2:tick, wave


3:tick, sw synth


4:tick, front


5:tick, subwoofer


6:tick, center


7:tick, rear


8:tick, cd player


9:tick, line in


10:tick, microphone


11:tick, pc speakers


click on ok





now on the vloume control box


make sure no box has a tick in mute box








1:volume, control, move the bar too the top


2:wave, move the bar too the top


3:sw synth, move the bar too the top


4:front, move the bar too the top


5:subwoofer, move the bar too the top


6:center, move the bar too the top


7:rear, move the bar too the top


8:cd player, move the bar too the top


9:line in, move the bar too the top


10:microphone, move the bar 2 steps up


11:pc spearkers, move the bar too the top








if you only have 2 speakers and not a set of 12 speakers


on the volume control box click on options properties





in show the following volume controls box list


you can untick





1:front


2:subwoofwooer


3:center


4:rear


then click on ok











for windows xp settings, microphone settings


click on start /control panel


sound speech,and audio deices, icon


sound effect manager ,icon


click on speaker configuration ,tab


place a dot in


2 channel mode for stereo speaker output


click on ok close off control panel


restart the computer


restart the computer for windows xp too save the settings


then try your sound