How To Update Sound Drivers When You Hear No Music

If you can't hear music or you don't have sound when you play music, something's wrong. You probably even checked your speakers and have adjusted all your sound levels.

As long as all is connected right and you haven't turned on the mute button by mistake, it has to be some other issue. You may need to learn how to update sound drivers or get a new sound card drive.

If you want to find a solution to your no sound problem, try these steps:

• Check for new Windows Updates. Without proper updating, your computer will not work right - especially if you browse the web quite a bit. Just go to your control panel and find out what available updates you can install. Select the ones you want to download and let your PC do the work.
• Find a way to verify your sound card works. On Windows 7, search for “Device Manager” from your desktop and click on it. Then, click on “Sound, Video, and Game Controllers,” and select the name of the sound card installed on it (i.e. Conexant High Definition Audio) and look at the “general” tab. You want to find out if it says “this device is working properly.” If it does, great. If not, go to the next step.

 

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PS3 HDD Upgrade?

Like many, I use my PS3 for media. In fact, it is all I use my PS3 for as I do not currently own any games. As such, my PS3 is completely clogged up with media and I am beginning to run low on space.

Two nights ago, I was wracking my brains attempting to formulate an idea for yesterday's blog post. I may or may not have mentioned that I intend to write a blog post daily, so thinking up an idea can prove to be tricky. This blog post is only late because it took a little longer to produce than I had hoped, and the filming of a future entry we also shot yesterday turned out to be an epic fail that consumed all time for blog writing and video editing/uploading. So I apologize.

Anyway, It suddenly came to me. A couple of months back, my 160GB (double the storage of the PS3) died on me without warning. With the help of time machine and my savings account, the same day I was back up and running on a faster 250GB drive. I put the old HDD away, thinking nothing of it. Recently I have read various sites talking of ways HDDs can recover, some entirely miraculously, so I thought why not give it a try in the PS3.

Even if it doesn't work, it still shows how to upgrade the drive, so this entry is at least useful in some remote way. Will it work? Watch to find out.

Before I hand over to my lovely looking face and my good pal Amanda, I feel I should link you to the guide I read prior to this video. That way this blog is self contained and teaches you something without having to watch the video, instead of it just being a lame attempt at promoting my own video content.

But anyway, without further ado I bring you 'PS3 Hard Drive Upgrade?'

-Adam