On a speaker on the computer what does the things mean? those nobs

90% bad connections, wiggle turn connections even bad ground on power will cause, I found swiver or turn nob volume dials go first and do this also.

It should have a balance nob on the face of radio front and rear,make sure wires are plugged on to speakers.

Hi ,
Sometimes , new speakers just don't work from the beginning and you need to bring them back to the retail shop under waranty .
Before doing that , check your soundcard by connecting it's output to another sound set , like your hifi or another speakers set . If this doesn't work , you could be just facing a driver issue that can easily be solved by downloading and installing the correct driver from the manufacturer's site .

First check if the driver for your speakers is up to date. For all we know maibe something that was installed automaticaly or by some one might be interfearing with them. Go to the Window menu, click on Conrol Panel, click on speaker settings, and check to see if anything looks off (like everything is gray and you can't really select anything). If everything seems ok check all the volume settings. Remember there are 3 things that control the volume on the speakers. 1: the nob on the speakers; 2: the volume on your desktop (lower right side next to the clock); 3: the volume on the program you are using (like windows media player). Another thing to remember is some computers come with a mute button (ether on the keyboard or monitor. If your computer has a play/skip/stop buttons it most likely has a mute button. Oh, and some computers have a volume nob next to the CD/DVD player (where you put in disks). Maibe some one turned it down as they grabed to move it. Make sure it's also turned up. If they're all turned up then most likely something got bumped loose during the move. In wich case you'll have to open it up and check the conections. It'd be a good idea to test some one elses speakers so you'll know if it's the computer or the speakers...or you could try pluging in the speakers you have into something else (like an MP3 Player).

Dont get a new speaker, you cant get a new nob for it. Try Tandy, radio shack or Maplins. You can get one from them. Hope this helps

So on my speaker system (the same one) The nob broke off, but it started with only a few of them not working (mainly the back ones) I took a part the main speaker (the one with the control nob) and found that the nob its self was not set on the circuit board properly, check if yours is connected completely. There should be 6 brown peaces of plastic connecting the volume nob to the circuit board, if any of these are disconnected or not completely level then that is what is causing your problem. Be careful reattaching them and make sure the system is not on when you do because you might risk blowing all the speakers plugged in. Each part connected to the volume nob is a speaker, the nob controls each one if they are not connected then the speaker wont work at all.
If that does not work then you should try checking each wire connected to the speaker, when you pick it up or move it around the speaker may become active and turn off depending on how you hold or move the wire, this would be because your wire is fragmented, and you could try replacing it but I am not sure how effective that would be.
Glad I could help - Ben
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The best and simplest thing you can do is
If its a hardware issue then

1. if you can find any nobs or buttons on the speaker try to adjust them
2. Borrow other preferably similar type of speakers from family or friends and test them on your computer. If there is a difference you you should be sure that the hardware speakers are faulty provided the way you defined them in your problem.

To make sure that its not a software problem you can go to your Windows Start menu >Control Panel >Sound
and just try to play with it but I am sure that you will be decrease or Increase the sound, they disturbing sound will remain the same in the background.

Regards,
Tauqeer Khurram

sometime the simplest thing are over looked check the mute, the nobs on the speakers, or when you downloaded the drivers did you open or run them

try checking the volume , the mute is on , drivers are loaded , if there pluged in, the nobs on the speakers

PLEASE CHECK U ARE CONNECTING TO A PROPPER SOUND CARD IN A PROPER PLACE
PLEASE CHECK THE VOLUME LABLE IS HIGH OR MED .AND ALSO CHECK THE NOB IN BACK OF YOUR WOOFER THE BIG BLACK BOX IS APPRIOPRIATE VOLUME ATLIST MEDIUM AND SEEE IF U HAVE CONNET TO THE CORECT COLOUR CABLES IN CORRECT PLACE IT SHOULD WORK