No Sound

[k9anathoth]

I started recording on my PC through the mic input but when I hooked up my guitar loop station to my amp then from the amp head phone jack to the mic input. But when I started the loop station I did not notice that the volume was high and I ended up blowing the amp fuse and the PC speakers started pulsing like they were getting a serge of power(I have tried the speakers with my iphone and they work fine) well since then I have NO sound can anyone HELP?????

 

[TetraFish]

That sounds really bad. You might have fried the sound card.

 

[k9anathoth]

Thanks

That's what I was thinking but don't know for sure. Is there a way to find out for sure or do I need to get a tech geek to look at it?

 

[Steenamaroo]

i would say, unless you know what you're looking for, or looking at, there's no real way to be sure how extensive any damage is.

from your description though, i'd giuess that you've definitely blown something.

is this a desktop pc with onboard sound?

if it is, you could buy a pci sound card with no bells and whistles for really cheap, then just turn off onboard sound in the bios to be safe.


either way, i'd say your problem has come from running headphone output into microphone input.
what you should do, is plug a line output into line input.

a headphone output is amplified (so that it can drive your cans)
a microphone input amplifies, since mic level is lower that line,

so you're taking a signal that's too hot for the input, then amplifying it some more, which at very least wont sound great, and at very worst, can overload/blow your soundcard.

 

[k9anathoth]

Thanks

Thank you I think I'll take it to a pc guy and get it fixed.