[herbert68]

After a move to our new house the sub-woofer doesn't work anymore. Somewhere I read that with external speakers connected, sound feeds to those speakers in mid and high range only. With the sub-woofer mumm, the sound from those speakers sounds like from a tin box!

Is there a way to disconnect the sub-woofer without opening the case?

[luap82]

nope, i have a 6500 (same comp) and in order to disable the sub you need to open the case completely, sides and everything, to ge to the mobo. good luck, and if you need help opening the case, email me. LUAP82@aol.com
-LUAP

[CyberDave]

Hmmm. Interesting. The internal speaker acts like a normal speaker until you plug in external speakers to the speaker jack on the back, when it switches to subwoofer mode. I think the external speakers will get the full range of sound, but I'm not sure. My external speakers sound like crap without the bass from the subwoofer because they aren't very good at reproducing the low frequencies. If you plug speakers or headphones into the headphone jack on the front of the tower, then the speaker/subwoofer unti shuts off.

Did you check to make sure that the subwoofer control knob on the back of the case didn't get turned down? It's near the top of the case, right below the built-in monitor jack. That would be the first think I would check.

And I'm wondering why this thread got moved to the peripherals forum? The subwoofer on the 6400 is built-in to the computer and there's no way to remove it without ripping the case apart. It doesn't qualify as a peripheral in my mind. (Just me ranting a bit. Feel free to ignore.)

Hope this helps,

Dave C.

[This message has been edited by CyberDave (edited 08-14-2000).]