My daughter had a friend attempt to put a network card into my computer last night. When they put it in, the computer malfunctioned somehow so they took it out. This morning I opened up my iTunes to listen to some music and discovered that I have no sound. No sound whatsoever. The computer seems to think it is generating a signal, but nothing comes out of either the speakers or the headphones. I went through a HP troubleshooting process but could not find the solution.
About four months or so ago, my computer was hit by lightning blowing out my ethernet connection and discoloring my monitor (which came back). My daughter's boyfriend is telling me that the loss of sound is due to the lightning strike that just so happened to kick in when they opened up the box and put the card in. This doesn't make any sense to me.
Can anyone tell me what the problem might be? Any ideas on how to fix it? I'm not very computer savvy, so forgive my ignorance of certain concepts and terminology. But frankly, I'm kind of pissed off. My computer is basically my stereo and I listen to music *alot.* They're being kind of nonchalant and dismissive about it. Damn, meddlesome kids.
