Sound is very quiet on Windows 7

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Sound is very quiet on Windows 7

I have recently installed Windows 7 on my iMac, and upon trying to do anything that requires audio, the sound is extremely faint. I've raised all of the volume sliders in the mixer all the way, messed with all the options in the control panel, and have the latest drivers installed. Anyone have a solution for this?

24" iMac 2.4 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Apr 19, 2009 1:13 PM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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60,990 points

Apr 19, 2009 3:01 PM in response to Tanner Stevens

I have to install RealTek and use Device Manager to update by searching my hard drive and pointing to the uncompressed file folder in order to use. Not the best sound unless I use real external speakers.

Apple Boot Camp drivers are not compatible with Windows 7. And Microsoft now blocks install as they near release candidate status next month.

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Answer 2

DBAG65

Level 1

5 points

Apr 20, 2009 8:27 PM in response to Tanner Stevens

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit in a VirtualBox machine. I had to install the Realtec audio codec in Windows to get any sound at all.

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