Personal Computer User Manual

1.Removethenewhardwareoptionorsoftware.Ifyoumustremovethecomputercovertoremovea
hardwareoption,makesureyoureviewandfollowtheelectricalsafetyinformationprovidedwithyour
computer.Foryoursafety,donotoperatethecomputerwiththecoverremoved.
2.Runthediagnosticprogramtoensureyourcomputerisoperatingcorrectly.
3.Reinstallthenewhardwareoptionorsoftwarefollowingthemanufacturer'sinstructions.
Selecttheproblemyourcomputerisexperiencingfromthefollowinglist:
•“Audioproblems”onpage101
•“CDproblems”onpage102
•“DVDproblems”onpage103
•“Intermittentproblems”onpage105
•“Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdeviceproblems”onpage105
•“Monitorproblems”onpage107
•“Networkingproblems”onpage108
•“Optionproblems”onpage111
•“Performanceandlockupproblems”onpage112
•“Printerproblems”onpage113
•“Serialportproblems”onpage114
•“Softwareproblems”onpage114
•“USBproblems”onpage115
Audioproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“NoaudioinWindows”onpage101
•“AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedintoadrive”
onpage102
•“Soundcomesfromoneexternalspeakeronly”onpage102
•“NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames”onpage102
NoaudioinWindows
Symptom:NoaudioinWindows
Actions:
•IfyouareusingpoweredexternalspeakersthathaveanOn/Offcontrol,verifythattheOn/Offcontrolis
settotheOnpositionandthespeakerpowercableisconnectedtoaproperlygrounded,functionalac
electricaloutlet.
•Ifyourexternalspeakershaveavolumecontrol,verifythatthevolumecontrolisnotsettoolow.
•Double-clickthespeakericonintheWindowsnoticationarea.Amastervolume-controlwindowopens.
VerifythattheMutesettingsarenotcheckedandnoneofthevolumesettingsissettoolow.
•Somemodelshaveafrontaudiopanelyoucanusetoadjustvolume.Ifyouhaveafrontaudiopanel,
verifythatthevolumeisnotsettoolow.
•Verifythatyourexternalspeakers(andheadphones,ifused)areconnectedtothecorrectaudioconnector
onthecomputer.Mostspeakercablesarecolor-codedtomatchtheconnector.
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