I know this question is sorta obscure, but the people on this board have answered pretty much everything I asked. So here it is...

I have a laptop, and the speakers aren't too great; they're really tinny and have no power. To fix this problem I grabbed a cheap set of speakers at office max. With this new set I have 2 problems.

First, one of the speakers has a constant hum when the audio input is in. With no audio in, the hum goes away. Second, the speakers are too bass heavy. Is there anyway to configure my basic multimedia setup (the stuff on the Control Panel; nothing fancy) so I can use my laptop speakers, and the new ones I bought at the same time?? It would even the sound out.

Thanks!!!!

if you have them plugged in i'm sure you will see the 'speaker' icon on the bottom right from your screen. Double click on that and allot of option are coming up

then check the box below "microphone" (a white little box) and see if the 'Hum" sound goes away. I have this problem with my speakers when playing an cd and the microphone causes that problem (because that is always plugged in too)

i'm not sure if that option is also there at your laptop but if it is try it out :)

about the bass problem, isn't there an option ON your speaker that says "bass" ? i have 3 on mine (the speaker itself) and the first one is volume, second one bass and third one treble. If you turn the buttons a bit you can find your sound more :)

Love,
Mirna

I'll try that, but I don't even have a mic in, and it's only in one speaker. I also just like the novelty of using both sets of speakers for a "surround effect". I don't know if it's even possible, and it may involve mangling a software driver...

Well, any other ideas?

this may be a little far fetched, but is there anything near the speakers that may be interfereing?

most things shouldn't be causing a noise, but once in a while certain things to. try physically moving the speakers to see if there's any difference. also try moving away any other electronics- I know cell phones cause some noises on my speakers, for instance.

To adjust the Bass (and Treble) on my computer i go to the Volume Control (double clicking the speaker near the clock) then click Options - Advanced Controls then a little Advanced button appears under the main/first Volume Control.. Click that and from there you should be able to change your Bass (and Treble) settings..

Note: You may not be able to get into or adjust these controls as i've noticed i can't on some other computers but i can on mine.. Hope it works for you also :)

theres a way to do it threw windows media player (if you are useing that) when you open it up at the top in the right you will see some bars the are in diffrent lenghts click that then you should get some bars at the bottom of windows media player adjust thos and there you go