win xp/ using earphones from cd rom drives

[jim]

I have win xp home operating system with all updates.

My mach. is working great except:

When I try to use earphones through the cd rom drives they do not work.
I have a mach. right beside this one (win98 SE) and checked the earphones on
it and they work the way I would like it to on mach. with xp home. Mach with
xp home is 1000 mghtz, and mach with win98 SE is a 266mghtz. Would like
information pertaining to this problem if anyone has experienced? Thank You!

Reason I want to use earphones is I am an early bird and want to use my
computer with a learning cd. (want volume to listen, but don't want to wake
wife) my hearing is not great, so low volume through speakers really doesn't
work for me!

[D.Currie]

"jim" > wrote in message
...
> I have win xp home operating system with all updates.
>
> My mach. is working great except:
>
> When I try to use earphones through the cd rom drives they do not
work.
> I have a mach. right beside this one (win98 SE) and checked the earphones
on
> it and they work the way I would like it to on mach. with xp home. Mach
with
> xp home is 1000 mghtz, and mach with win98 SE is a 266mghtz. Would like
> information pertaining to this problem if anyone has experienced? Thank
You!
>
> Reason I want to use earphones is I am an early bird and want to use
my
> computer with a learning cd. (want volume to listen, but don't want to
wake
> wife) my hearing is not great, so low volume through speakers really
doesn't
> work for me!
>
>
>
This may be a silly question,but have you tried plugging the headphones into
the line out on your sound card?

[Freda]

Seem to remember there was a fix on microsft site
(a few weeks a go someone had this problem....
perhaps do a search of the microsoft base.


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"D.Currie" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jim" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have win xp home operating system with all updates.
> >
> > My mach. is working great except:
> >
> > When I try to use earphones through the cd rom drives they do not
> work.
> > I have a mach. right beside this one (win98 SE) and checked the
earphones
> on
> > it and they work the way I would like it to on mach. with xp home. Mach
> with
> > xp home is 1000 mghtz, and mach with win98 SE is a 266mghtz. Would like
> > information pertaining to this problem if anyone has experienced? Thank
> You!
> >
> > Reason I want to use earphones is I am an early bird and want to use
> my
> > computer with a learning cd. (want volume to listen, but don't want to
> wake
> > wife) my hearing is not great, so low volume through speakers really
> doesn't
> > work for me!
> >
> >
> >
> This may be a silly question,but have you tried plugging the headphones
into
> the line out on your sound card?
>
>