Can't get sound to work

[Martok]

Clearly the heresy has clouded your mind and reasoning ability!

Eh, I think it can be more directly attributed to my not having gotten much sleep the last few days. (That, or I'm just getting old.)

How'd you fix it? Echo and reverb can be an obnoxious beast to troubleshoot. Most often I've found that you need to go into the sound panel and mute your microphone and line in on the output. Sometimes muting those on the input can help as well. Some of the newer drivers also allow for different effects, much like Dolby does, such as Hall, Stadium, etc etc. Check to see if those are set.

I hate to admit my ignorance about such things, but when you say sound panel, are you referring to the Volume Control box that appears on the bottom-right of my computer? Or is the sound panel something else entirely?

Also, how do I access my sound drivers to check its settings?