How do I enable laptop speakers?

How to Enable Laptop Speakers

• Answer:

  Laptop speakers are an invaluable tool for showing home movies or using a laptop as a sound system. They can also help your laptop to last longer, as they relieve some of the pressure which built-in speakers place on the hardware of a laptop computer. This pressure requires the laptop to work harder, overheat more frequently and will wear out the circulating fans much more quickly, causing motherboard and hard drive failure. Enabling your laptop speakers is sometimes the only way to get them to work with your machine, and is an excellent troubleshooting technique if you are working to get the speakers operational for the first time. Difficulty: Easy Instructions Plug your laptop speakers into the speaker output jack or a USB port. It is unlikely that you will need to enable your speakers if they are plugged into your speaker jack, as this type of speaker relies on external and mechanical of amplification, rather than one that has to work in conjunction with the software of the computer. Listen to some audio using the new speakers. In many cases, the speakers will be enabled automatically. If this is the case, you will not need to do anything further to make them work. Open the control panel if using Windows or the System Preferences folder if using an Apple computer. Click on the "Sounds" or "Sound" icon to open the computer's sound preferences. Go to the "Output" section and look for the speakers in the list of external speakers. If the speakers are not present, unplug them then plug them in again. If they still have not become available, contact the speaker manufacturer or download any necessary software from the included CD or the online support section of the company website. Highlight your speakers in the available output speakers menu, and select them to enable them. Test the speakers using the "sound test" clip. If they produce sound, they have been enabled. Tips & Warnings Tip: Corded speakers have the best-quality sound and are the best for your computer in terms of wear and tear, but are not portable. USB speakers require no additional power attachment, but produce lower-quality sound.