Terrible Volume

[wisgro]

I have a Y530, have had it for a while. I have all software and hardware volume controls turned all the way up, nothing muted and the volume is very low. I can't even hear some web site videos. Ordinarily I'd say it may be the web site but the volume is low when I play a CD. On an old thinkpad scale (I had two for many years,) the volume on the Y530 is about 1/3 the thinkpad volume. I hope something can be done to increase volume but I won't hold my breath. Any advice greatly appreciated.

[yigit]

set the system volume high ( press fn + right arrow )

and don't forget to set volume high for website  either.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4236/volumet.jpg

[wisgro]

Thanks for responding so quickly. Guess you missed the part where I said all software and hardware volume controls are all the way up.  As for web site controls; been there, done that but I thank you for sharing what you know. Looks like I'll have to live with inferior volume.

[G_Seattle]

try removing your current drivers and install the newest one by "installing as administrator". I am not sure about the Y530, but on the Y550 it enable Waves Maxxaudio, which gives the volume a significant boost.

[wisgro]

Thanks. Great idea however no driver updates are available for the Y530 accoding to the Lenovo support and downloads page. Maybe because I entered XP in the operating system window?

[G_Seattle]

I would suggest you download the High Definition audio drivers directy from Realtek

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&Down...

Good luck!

[wisgro]

Wow! This is really getting weird. I clicked the link to Realtek, clicked the I accept box for terms and am taken to a page that says, "Object moved here." I click that link and go right back to the same page where I started. Looks like I encountered a closed loop in both the driver web page and fixing this blessed problem.

[G_Seattle]

Might have been because of my link. Just go to the realtek main page http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/

and download the HD drivers.

[wisgro]

What a riot! I downloaded the driver which took considerable time. When it had about a minute I discovered the HD driver is already in the Realtek folder but was never set up. So I set it up and tried some music. I think the volume has increased. Could be wishful thinking however I do believe there's a difference. Thank you for your help.

[G_Seattle]

Great - also in the realtek settings, make sure you enable Wave Maxx. I think it is disabled by default. This will further increase volume and quality.

Cheers