Hi All!! Been a minute! Moved out of state. Been a couple years getting settled. I'm still not quite there, but beginning to get back to having a little fun now and then.
I have some external computer speakers that I really liked when I got them, but suddenly, for no apparent reason, they stopped working. Seems others have had similar problems with these as well. I wanted to see if any of you experts might have some suggestions for me, a perpetual noob.
The speakers are Creative Labs T20 Series II. They have a head phone jack that works, so I know my audio setup works getting the signal to the speakers. I understand that some of these speakers have energy saving circuitry to go to sleep when there is no input, so I made sure that all audio input was as loud as my device would go. It has been tested on 2 desktops, 1 laptop and a smart phone. OS: Windows 7, 10, Linux and Android. The speakers have been tried with and without the dependent speaker connected.
I've opened the cabinet of the primary speaker. I could not see anything obvious. No swollen caps, oozing or obvious heat issues. The only interesting observation that I think might be a clue to y'all is that the speakers work for about a half second when you unplug the power adapter. As if the caps are bleeding off voltage.
I know it's a longshot, but I was hoping someone here might have a suggestion that I could try.