Sound ICON missing in Menu Bar and No Sound other than Start-up

Hi,
I cannot get sound from my IMAC G-5. I checked preferences and the internal speakers do not appear as an output device. It states No output devices found. The sound card also shows up in the hardwar systems profiler

IMAC G-5 Power PC, Mac OS X (10.5.2), i-Sight

Posted on Mar 23, 2008 7:47 PM

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PaulMN

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Posted on Mar 23, 2008 11:35 PM

Hi Mike,

Welcome to the forum.

You should have an application in the Utilities folder called Audio Midi Setup. It may need to be configured for how you want your computer to output sound. Once the app is launched, of the two radio buttons at the top of the window, select 'Audio Devices'. As far as I can discern the input and output radio buttons should all be displaying 'Built-in Audio'. You may need to click on 'Configure Speakers' and follow the logic. The audio input button gives you a choice between internal microphone or line in. Choose what you need. The audio ouput should be line out. Set the sample and bit rate according to what you need; adjust the volume(s) and you should now have sound.

Hope this helps you,

Paul

Message was edited by: PaulMN

One other thing I forgot to mention; in System Preferences, select sound and you can add the volume control to the menu bar by checking the command at the bottom of the window.

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Klaus1

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Jun 23, 2008 7:47 AM in response to Henning Langen

OK, you're forgiven! 😀

Apr 12, 2008 6:14 AM in response to Mikeyly

I'm having the exact same problem. I tried to fix it by doing what PaulMN suggested but no such luck. When I go to System Preferences it says that I do have the volume control icon in my menu bar but it's not there (there's just a space where it should be) and it shows that I have my volume turned all the way up and muted. Also, in both System Preferences - Sound and Audio Midi Setup everything is frozen or fuzzed out or whatever so that I'm unable to make any changes. Any other suggestions???

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Sound ICON missing in Menu Bar and No Sound other than Start-up