[Klug-general] Vaio VGN-FE21M

[James Morris]

On 12 July 2011 14:08, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
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> On 12 July 2011 13:24, Paul Littlefield <info at paully.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 12/07/11 13:20, Peter Childs wrote:
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>>> Try a lump of blue tack and a bit of tape.
>>
>> I love the way people deal with stuff!
>>
>> :-)
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> Logic, If you need to keep the mute button pressed in to keep sound coming
> out its most likly to be a hardware issue that is not connected to the OS or
> even Processor Interrupts etc.
> The mute button is often a switch on the cable leading to the speakers. so
> no amount of messing around with the drivers is likely to fix it.
> If you need to keep it down to get it to work its likly to be hardware, as
> button on PCs are usually events not switches. Even the caps lock key is a
> press button not an on/off switch.
> Hear end my logic lesson.
> Peter.

Wonder if the previous owner was a bit of a tinkerer? Perhaps
disconnected the switch for whatever reason and got the wires the
wrong way round when reconnecting?