If the sound on your windows bootcamp partition is too low, try selecting loudness equalization. Works for Realtek and Cirrus Logic drivers above.
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Hi! I was excited when I saw this, because I have been living with low volume on windows for a year now. But, I have Cirrus Logic and can't find any settings for sound equalization. I've been thru all the sound boxes in sounds and audio devices. Sure would appreciate your help.
Hi Jeanie. If you look at the picture at the top of this post you'll see it is of the cirrus logic preference window which you can access in the bottom right menu bar of your computer by clicking on the sound icon and selecting the appropriate button. Apart from the slider there are only two other buttons so you'll find it eventually. Once you open the preference window click on speakers and then on sound effects. In the picture above the loudness equalization toggle is above the image of the Sydney Opera House. It should be someplace similar on your setup.
Hi again Al, Thanks for your response. I just checked now. Sorry it sat there for a week before I saw it. In the meantime I downloaded the latest version of bootcamp (3.1, I think) The volume is louder now but I cannot change it or turn it off with the volume buttons on the top row of my Macbook Pro. So, I am stuck with the one middle range volume. I tried to get to the box you found, but I do not have a speaker icon on my taskbar. Tried to get one on, but it did not work. Nothing is simple! I don't know why you want to help a complete stranger, but I sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
No problem. Here's another way to access the sound control panel. Click the start button and then select Control Panel. From control panel select Hardware and Sound. From Hardware and Sound select Manage Audio Device. Using the speaker icon is the shortcut to the above but it gets you to the same place. You can then follow the directions in my first reply.
You should be able to see the speaker icon though. It's part of the native OS and I would be surprised if you could actually turn it off but it is possible to hide it. If you right click on the taskbar, click properties and then select 'lock the taskbar' then click customize. You should see a list of the icons that appear in the task bar. Find the volume icon and select show icon and notifications if that is not already selected.
You can try installing a more accessible sound interface, https://code.google.com/p/volume2/
It may also be that your sound driver needs to be updated as your keyboard buttons should work after bootcamp is installed. I've had a lot of luck with the free version of slimdriver, http://www.driverupdate.net/ Usually I just end up updating every outdated driver which requires a lot of restarts so if you are just interested in fixing the sound I'd try the other suggestions first.
If none of the above works try reinstalling windows. Good luck.