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Help needed - Aztech Sound Card - One channel working, no volume in other for FM music.

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First post, by gryffinwings

Posted on 2023-06-06, 01:33

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Hi guys, I have an Aztech I38-MMSN811 - Packard Bell Forte16 - Nova16 Extra Variant. I've been testing the card, sound in general works, however when I test the FM sound in the utility, the left ear sounds normal and the right ear sounds pretty weak. When using other types of test for different sound output it sounds normal. Any ideas?

SB16 volume far too low and only one channel

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Reply 1 of 3, by gryffinwings

Posted on 2023-06-09, 05:13

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Bump - Still need help with this card.

Reply 2 of 3, by weedeewee

Posted on 2023-06-09, 07:02

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could be a dead coupling capacitor, I think it's the biggest ones on your card.
could be a failed tda1517
could be something else along the audio path.

What tools do you have at your disposal ?

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Reply 3 of 3, by gryffinwings

Posted on 2023-06-10, 00:05

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weedeewee wrote on 2023-06-09, 07:02:
could be a dead coupling capacitor, I think it's the biggest ones on your card. could be a failed tda1517 could be something el […]
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could be a dead coupling capacitor, I think it's the biggest ones on your card.
could be a failed tda1517
could be something else along the audio path.

What tools do you have at your disposal ?

Soldering iron, multimeter, etc.

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