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- From: IZZYEY8@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Howard Cheng)
- Subject: Re: Mac IIsi sound problems
- Message-ID: <19930125150751IZZYEY8@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
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- References: <1993Jan20.234850.84673@laison.w8hd.org>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 15:08:07 PST
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- In article <1993Jan20.234850.84673@laison.w8hd.org>, on 20 Jan 1993 23:48:50 EDT,
- Jonathan_Rochkind@laison.w8hd.org writes:
-
- >IIsi is constructed, that is without much solder. Some have said the problem
- >can be fixed by cleanign the contacts between speaker and board, various
- >methods such as using a pencil erraser have been suggested. Others have said
- >this is only a temporary fix anyway as the residue will build up again anyway, and
-
- Didn't work for me. I cleaned off all the gunk from the contacts by
- various means (eraser, knife, rubbing alcohol), and the sound still
- hasn't returned.
-
- >
- >In any event, spiking the power, that is turning the volume up all the way,
- >then back to it's previous level should cause the sound to come back. It will
- >leave again later, of course. There is even an FKEY which will automatically
- >spike the volume and then turn it back again.
- >
-
- No, that didn't work either.
-
- Does anyone know of any other solutions, short of buying external
- speakers? I've gotten some new games recently and I think my game
- experience would be much improved by having sound...
-
- howard
-