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•Verifythattheaudiodevicedriversarecorrectlyinstalled.SeeMicrosoftWindowshelpsystemformore
information.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnosticprograms”on
page99forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage103.
AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitis
insertedintoadrive
Symptom:AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedintoadrive
Action:See“CDproblems”onpage86.
Soundcomesfromoneexternalspeakeronly
Symptom:Soundcomesfromoneexternalspeakeronly.
Actions:
•Ensurethatthespeakercableisinsertedcompletelyintotheconnectoronthecomputer.
•Makesurethecablethatattachestheleftspeakertotherightspeakerissecurelyconnected.
•Double-clickthespeakericonintheWindowsnoticationarea.Amastervolume-controlwindowopens.
VerifythattheBalancesettingsaresetcorrectly.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,youmighthaveafailingspeaker.Havethespeakerserviced.If
youneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage103.
NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames
Symptom:NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames
Actions:
•MakesuretheDOSapplicationorgameisconguredtouseSoundBlasterProorSoundBlaster
emulation.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationorgameforinstructionson
settingsound-cardsettings.
•Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnosticprograms”on
page99
forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage103.
CDproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedintoaCD
drive”onpage86
•“ACDorDVDdoesnotwork”onpage87
•“Unabletouseastartable(bootable)recoverymedium,suchastheProductRecoveryCD,tostart
yourcomputer”onpage87
AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitis
insertedintoaCDdrive
Symptom:AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedinto
aCDdrive.
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