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1 Troubleshooting Your PC If Your PC Has an Audio (Sound) Problem If Your PC Has an Audio (Sound) Problem Problem Solution No sound when running any applications. 1 Check that the speakers and headphones are connected correctly. 2 Check that the integrated audio interface is enabled in the Advanced Á Integrated Audio Interface menu of your PC's Setup program. 3 Check that the audio driver has been installed (under some operating systems, a speaker icon will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen if the driver is installed). 4 Double-click on the speaker icon to check that the volume level is set high enough to be heard and that Mute is not selected. 5 Check there are no hardware conflicts with other devices. If there is a hardware conflict, you will need to allocate resources through the BIOS. To do this, ensure that the PnP Operating System field is set to NO, and reserve an available IRQ for the other device in the Advanced Á ISA Resource Exclusion menu of your PC's Setup program. Audio input from the 1 Check that the microphone specifications meet the requirements of the 16-bit sound microphone is too components. The microphone should be a 600-ohm electret type. low, or no audio at 2 Double-click on the speaker icon to check that Microphone is selected, and all. that the volume level is set high enough to be heard. Ensure that the Microphone Boost option is selected in Multimedia in the Start menu. The PC hangs while recording. Uncompressed digital audio can eventually fill your hard disk. For example, one minute of stereo sound recorded at a resolution of 44 kHz will occupy about 10.5 MB. Before recording, check that there is enough free space on your hard disk. Data compression can reduce the space required. The A-law and m-law hardware compression used by the audio interface enables the sampling of sound at a resolution of 16-bits, but it generates the same quantity of data as an 8-bit sample. A new audio If you install an audio accessory board, you will need to disable the integrated sound accessory board does feature on your PC. To do this, go to Advanced Á Integrated Audio not work. Interface in your PC's Setup program. DOS legacy game does not work. PCI Audio is not SoundBlaster compatible. To use DOS games, you will need to install an ISA accessory board. 27

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Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Has an Audio (Sound) Problem
If Your PC Has an Audio (Sound) Problem
Problem
Solution
No sound when
running any
applications.
1
Check that the speakers and headphones are connected correctly.
2
Check that the integrated audio interface is enabled in the
Advanced
Integrated Audio Interface
menu of your PC’s Setup program.
3
Check that the audio driver has been installed (under some operating systems, a
speaker icon will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen if the driver
is installed).
4
Double-click on the speaker icon to check that the volume level is set high enough to
be heard and that Mute is not selected.
5
Check there are no hardware conflicts with other devices. If there is a hardware
conflict, you will need to allocate resources through the BIOS. To do this, ensure that
the
PnP Operating System
field is set to
NO
, and reserve an available
IRQ for the other device in the
Advanced
ISA Resource
Exclusion
menu of your PC’s Setup program.
Audio input from the
microphone is too
low, or no audio at
all.
1
Check that the microphone specifications meet the requirements of the 16-bit sound
components. The microphone should be a 600-ohm electret type.
2
Double-click on the speaker icon to check that
Microphone
is selected, and
that the volume level is set high enough to be heard. Ensure that the
Microphone Boost
option is selected in
Multimedia
in the
Start
menu.
The PC hangs while
recording.
Uncompressed digital audio can eventually fill your hard disk. For example, one minute of
stereo sound recorded at a resolution of 44 kHz will occupy about 10.5 MB. Before
recording, check that there is enough free space on your hard disk.
Data compression can reduce the space required. The A-law and m-law hardware
compression used by the audio interface enables the sampling of sound at a resolution of
16-bits, but it generates the same quantity of data as an 8-bit sample.
A new audio
accessory board does
not work.
If you install an audio accessory board, you will need to disable the integrated sound
feature on your PC. To do this, go to
Advanced Integrated Audio
Interface
in your PC’s Setup program.
DOS legacy game
does not work.
PCI Audio is not SoundBlaster compatible. To use DOS games, you will need to install an
ISA accessory board.