Compaq Armada E500 Notebook "circle diagonal line" Questions

...circle with a diagonal line apeared and there now is no volumn. It is on mute and I do not know how to unmute. Can you advise me? Thanks T To unmute, follow the steps Click on Start Go to Control ...

the one that has a loudspeaker symbol followed by a circle with a diagonal line through it - that is the mute button. Press it to mute/unmute. There are two other buttons for volume up and volume down

...yours. Mine is the F9 key. it will have a picture of 2 mouse on , 1 with a no go sign over it (circle with a diagonal line through) try pressing the "fn" key and F9 and see if this unlocks the

That help? Make sure in the sound mixer that none of the output lines are muted (this is a red circle with a diagonal line in the centre). If this does not fix it, you might be having hardware problem

...circle with a red diagonal line across it with a white background ). If i switch off the speakers, the laptops internal speakers take over and the sound works fine again. I can use the fn keys to ...

...circle and one diagonal line indicating "no mouse") If so, push the fn key plus which ever function key has that symbol beside it.Some laptops automatically disable the touch pad if a USB mouse is ...