Laptop on helium!

[StephenJ]

No it's not floating round the room... but all music/vidoes and stuff that i watch, the sound is very high pitched like it's been inhaling helium.

Could anybody help?

Thanks.

Stephen

 

[Gavin.]

what program? i used to use something a few years ago that did this, the pitch control went right up for some reason

 

[StephenJ]

the laptops running windows XP but it's every noise that comes out the speakers...really annoying.

i've checked all the volume settings and stuff but to no avail

 

[KDF]

check your audio device drivers. re-install them etc

 

[StephenJ]

check your audio device drivers. re-install them etc

Any idea how i do this? not very computer minded TBH

 

[Anonymous]

run windows update, should fix it mate

 

[StephenJ]

Any idea how i do this? not very computer minded TBH

lol

 

[KDF]

Any idea how i do this? not very computer minded TBH

right click my computer... properties... click hardware tab.. device drivers.. look for your audio drivers.. remove them.. reboot or check for new hardware and try again.

This will just re-install the drivers you have already.. it might be worth making a note of the device you have and look for updated/new drivers.

 

[ChrisH]

could be that you have a sound effect manager and karaoke mode is on

 

[Ronnie R]

could be that you have a sound effect manager and karaoke mode is on

lol +1

 

[StephenJ]

On the hardware tab the only things i can click are-
'device manager'
'driver singing'
'windows update' &
'hardware profiles'

nothing about audio drivers :S thanks for your help guys

Stephen

 

[ChrisH]

device manager > sounds, video, game controllers, sound card will be listed there, but i'd check sound effect manager first, tbh

 

[StephenJ]

i'd check sound effect manager first, tbh

where would i find this? i hate being thick

 

[ChrisH]

control panel, not sure on what it will be called exactly, you might not have one, if its there then it'll be in sound effects, look for pitch or karaoke and turn off all sound effects

 

[Reyes]

rotfl.

 

[StephenJ]

rotfl.

now i know your taking the p155. :nono:

 

[ChrisH]

my advice is valid mate, did you try it

 

[Pettsi]

Definatly sound drivers.

 

[Mike_182]

Sound effects. So easy to trigger. Nobody in here has asked what laptop it is - if it's a generic codec then the effects manager should be easy to find on someone else's machine who can tell you

 

[StephenJ]

it's a COMPAQ EVO N410c if that helps