Literally, the sound from my speakers just disappeared.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

So I checked the input into the PC (good), the connection to power for the speakers (good) and rebooted in case that was it. Nope. Occasionally the speaker makes a sound like distant thunder but that's it. What are the odds it would be the sound board? Or could it be the speakers have just 'died'?
Suggestions? Thoughts? Ideas?
Thanks!

[LunaSea]

1. Few things kill speakers

So unless you've seriously overloaded them, or soaked them in water, or poked out the cones, you need a new sound card.
Are they internal or external?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

8. external

[msongs]

2. got a back up speaker set or one you can borrow? I just ditched speakers that

were frizzing out now and then. they go bad

[PoliticAverse]

3. Have another device you can plug them into?

What operating system?

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. Swap speakers with another computer

If they work on the other machine, plug in some earphones or spare speakers and see if they work. If they don’t, then problem is either jack, or sound card, or audio drivers. Delete and re-install audio drivers.

[ucrdem]

5. Jiggle any and all wires

Ditto any jacks. Be patient. Alternatively get new speakers.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Most obvious/easy thing is to plug headphones into the audio out jack ...

Typically on a PC it is colored green. Obviously have something playing like youtube or music or something. Sound comes through headphones obviously computer is not the issue.

Also possible ... if your phone has a headphone jack, plug the speakers into the phone and play something again like YT or music. Speakers make appropriate sound, speakers are not the problem.

What sort of computer/OS etc?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

10. Desktop

Windows 10 -computer has a headphone jack and I can hear things so off to the store for a new set of speakers............

[mr_lebowski]

11. I would plug the speakers into something else before I go buying new ones ...

Also you should plug phones into the exact output jack you were using for the speakers, not a headphone jack on the front panel.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

12. You know what's weird?

I read you comment; started a music video,, and pulled the phones out of the from of the PC to plug then in like you suggested, and the speakers work again!

[mr_lebowski]

13. This actually could be a problem then with either the front panel headphone jack

and/or the wires that run from that jack to a plug that's on your motherboard (or sound card if you have an add-on sound card).

That jack, and those wires are often chinzy and prone to problems. If you get any kind of shorting out, it can affect the sound system as a whole.

If it gets too problematic you can disconnect that, once you know where to look it's like a 30 second job. I could help you if you took a pic of the inside of the case ... if that time comes

[csziggy]

7. I've been having loss of sound on my computer intermittently

Sometimes it's because a game is in the background and I have the sound muted in the game. Apparently this affects any sound on the computer at all.

Tonight I was having a problem and during my troubleshooting Firefox popped up and wanted me to restart it for an update. Since I was about ready to restart the computer, I said OK. Only Firefox restarted but the sound was back. Maybe something in Firefox was blocking sound from online videos. I don't know, but it's working now.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

9. thanks everyone for the comments

several things I hadn't thought of. In terms of cheapest/easiest thing to do I'll delete and reinstall drivers to see if that works. When I pull the speaker jack out and touch the entry point I get static from the speakers. I also got static when I plugged ear buds into the PC directly but no sound.
Time for sleep, I'll check some of the other ideas tomorrow.
Thanks again!!!!!