On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:38:58 -0400 "Jim Meagher" <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Demetri,
>
> They are totally separate.  External speakers are connected to and
> driven by the sound card.  The internal speaker connects directly to
> the motherboard.  Also, only "dings", "clunks", and "clanks" can be
> heard from the internal speaker --- no music or voice.
>
> Jim Meagher
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Demetri Kolokotronis" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > No sound comes from the computer speaker in a system I assembled.
> Is the
> > computer speaker disabled when external speakers are installed

Since I hear  "dings", "clunks", and "clanks" through external speakers,
I surmise internal speaker input has been routed through software to
external speakers, and that internal speaker is inactive. Have Windows
Sound System (WSS) Device installed. The only problem with this is that I
do not always have the external speakers on.

Motherboard speaker connections

Data Out
N.C.
Ground
+5V

Internal speaker wires

White
Orange

Demetri Kolokotronis

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