20 Most Recent HP (KK912AA) Speakers Questions & Answers

Sounds like the amp in the speakers has a problem. First thing to do is try the speakers on another PC, or an MP3 player etc. If the speakers work for this then they're OK.

If they don't work for this (more likely) you should buy a new set of speakers, considering the small cost of replacement.

The message means the music is copy protected and that means it will not play outside the device it was downloaded to, in your case the Walkman.

your PCs husband died, sorry my bad.... LOL slow is a subjective term , to me all PCs are slow. (unless I lay my grimy mitts on them) How much RAM do you have 1gig? is your HDD full? did you upgrade to SSD but wise if fast is your aim, is the PC infected. ? is your AV engine running, at least windows defender + free malwarebytes. what music where, mp3 files in a folder? or what are they? the extension of the file name matters. mp3 is common, wav is too but are huge and slow, but best sound of all. how many are there, 10 or 10,000.? what player are you using,.? I'd never touch MS media player ever. not me,? run fast free players that don't track you. if most windows screens are fast, and only MP3s are slow say that first. if all things are slow say that. I can not guess or see you do things. (my PC has over 100apps and runs fast) try BOOM player free. https://perkele.cc/software/boom lean and mean, and supports : MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack (MPC), WavPack, WAV, AIFF, MP4/M4A, WMA. or get VLC from, French, it runs too fast and not spyware. I love VLC, as to 100s millions of others. if all of windows acts slow run CCcleaner, free. find the free on. defrag your hdd if it is a hdd, if the hdd is near full , clean it out of old things not need or clone it to a larger HDD. better to SSD. safe and (makers page) https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

You need to download the audio driver from the Compaq/HP WEB support/download page. Make sure you select your model laptop and the XP or Vista Windows version of the driver you require and install them. Click on this link to download the drivers: -
www.compaq.com/country/cpq_support.html
www.hp.com/#Support

Unplug any external devices except the mouse, keyboard and monitor. Try booting that way. If that doesn't work open the side cover and remove the data cable and reinsert it on the hard drive. Do the same for the power cable. Sometimes that's all it takes. If is still doesn't work, then have the power supply tested to make sure all operating voltages are present.

Logon the HP website: www.hp.com for US and go to support and run diagnostics for other countries use the two letter country code www.hp.com/uk

Return it to the store with the receipt.

See if they work else where to localize the issue between the speakers or the laptop.

Look on your sub to see what voltage and ampere and watt it needs.

Graphic card or display.

Replace the jack if it is being powered.

Go to Hp's website and get the firmware update and how to install it for the player. Install the firmware update.