volume issues

[rusty charly]

anyone having the volume get really loud, suddenly?

i keep doing the disc repair to reset it.

is there something else i could do?

not sure why this is happening.

(G4 laptop, running 10.3.9)

[Elwood P Dowd]

1. In the old days

you would just trash the sound preferences and restart. If that didn't work, maybe run DiskWarrior.

Never encountered this problem with Panther or Tiger.

[stepnw1f]

2. Sounds Like the Motor inside the HD is going.

If you hear a ticking and a loud whine, then it's time to replace it, but first backup everything you need.

[rusty charly]

3. it's not the motor

or that kind of loudness

it's the sounds- like the "new mail" ping
they're just what recording people call 'over-modulated'
like it's too loud for the speakers

i tried deleting the sound preferences file and waiting until today to restart
but it did it again, half way through the day

oh well

when it does it- i just turn the volume halfway down

rusty