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268 Chapter 10—Video and Audio Table 10.29 Diagnosing Sound Card Problems Continued Symptom Cause Solution Mono Sound. Mono plug in stereo jack. Use stereo speaker jack. Incorrectly wired speakers. Check color coding. Audio card in left-channel Reload drivers and test stereo mono fail-safe mode because of driver problem. sound. Speakers with independent volume controls might be set differently. Adjust volume to match on both. Low volume. Speakers plugged into Use higher powered speaker jack headphone jack. if separate jacks are provided. Mixer settings too low. Boost volume in mixer. Hardware volume control (thumbwheel) on sound card turned too low. Adjust volume on card. Speakers not powered Power speakers, add amplifier, or or require more power. replace speakers. Scratchy sound. Audio card picking up interference from other cards. Move away from other cards. ISA sound card might be Normal problem due to high dropping signals during CPU utilization of ISA card; use hard disk access. PCI sound card instead. Interference from monitor Move speakers farther away. Put causing interference. subwoofers on the floor to maximize low-frequency transmission and to keep their big magnets away from the monitor. Poor quality FM-synthesis Change to wavetable sound card; music from sound card. check wavetable settings. Computer won’t start Card not seated tightly Remove card, reinsert, and after card installation. in expansion slot. restart PC. IOS Error displayed Sound card software Check with sound card vendor during Windows 95 clashes with Windows for an IOS fix program; might be startup; system locked Input/Output System supplied on install disk; start up. (IOS). Windows 9x in Safe mode to locate and install. Joystick doesn’t work. Duplicate joystick ports on sound card and another card causing I/O port address conflict. Disable sound card joystick port. Computer too fast for Buy high-speed joystick port; inexpensive joystick disable port on sound card; port. install replacement joystick port card. Slow down computer with deturbo button or BIOS routine.
Troubleshooting Audio Hardware 269 Table 10.29 Diagnosing Sound Card Problems Continued Symptom Cause Solution Can't play DVD audio Hardware resource not Enable hardware resource. or MP3 files, or use SPDIF connections. enabled on sound card. Wrong playback program Use correct playback for media type. program. Volume set too low in Adjust volume for correct sound card mixer program. playback device in sound mixer program; check volume and power to speakers. Cabling incorrect. Adjust cabling.
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Chapter 8 USB and IEEE-1394 Ports a
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Even if your baby-AT system has con
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Using USB Hubs with Legacy (Serial,
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IEEE-1394 211 IEEE-1394, like USB,
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• Device “disappears” from Wi
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216 Chapter 9—Keyboards, Mice, an
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Page 41 and 42: VGA Video Display Modes 245 Table 1
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Page 59 and 60: Configuring Sound Cards 263 • Dig
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ATA PC Cards, 155 ATA-2, 97 ATAPI (
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client computers (ICS), configuring
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efresh rates, 252 ribbon cables (fl
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D DAT (Digital Audio Tape) tape bac
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display size CRTs, 239 LCD panels,
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EISA (Enhanced Industry Standard Ar
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FPT (Forced Perfect terminators), 1
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IEEE-1394 devices, 212-213 IEEE-139
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scan codes, 221 101-/102-key Enhanc
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modems, 176 56Kbps, 177 comparing i
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NLX motherboards, 32 non-fatal erro
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pliers, needle-nose, 309 Plug-and-P
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serial loopback connectors, 175 ser
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stereo line in connectors, 260-262
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