Optimus laptop Built-in speakers waaaay too quiet!

KevetS

Active member
Hi all,

I've had the laptop (as below) for 2 years now. I've generally been very happy with performance... except, from day one, the very poor/very quiet sound from the in-built speakers.
Volume is set to max volume, but still too quiet! With headphones plugged in there is plenty of volume. I've checked settings as best I can - all set to max.
Is there something that I'm missing? Or is this something that I have to live with?

Thanks

Chassis & Display Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte 4K LED Widescreen (3840x2160)
Processor (CPU) Intel® CoreTM i7 Quad Core Processor 7700HQ (2.8GHz, 3.8GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Hard Disk 500GB SEAGATE SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor 1 x 120W AC Adaptor
Battery 2 x Cosmos VI Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlasterTM Cinema 3
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0
USB Options 1 x USB 3.0 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language SINGLE COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00003]
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online
 

KevetS

Active member
Thanks SPYDERTRACKS, I feared that would be the case. Had a couple of laptops over the years, but nothing as quiet as this!
 

raypat

Active member
That's still quite upsetting though! I've had my asus g750j laptop for 7 years and while the speaker quality isn't amazing, it shoudn't go as quiet as you describe! Perhaps the speakers have blown? Worth investigating.
 
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