Here's something just to toss on the pile.

I have 3 laptops. On one of them when I look at the internal sound card properties, I can adjust the output level. On the other 2, that is grayed out (Or GREYED out for my Canadian friends!!) and there is nothing to adjust as far as gain, just the volume control on the system tray.

Kicker?

All 3 are Dell laptop. Why 2 of them act differently, I have no clue. I have done EVERY Intel chipset update I could find and nothing changed. (FYI I use a program called Driver Genius that has treated me quite well when looking for driver updates.)

So bottom line, if your volume control is 100% and you have no gain controls on the sound card properties, maybe the thing just doesn't have ear splitting capabilities.


I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.