3 Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Has an Audio Problem
No Sound When
Running Any
Applications
No Output from the 8- bit or
If Your PC Has an Audio Problem
First, check that the output volume is not set to zero. Use the volume control on the front panel. Make sure the headphones are not connected directly to the
Remember also that plugging the headphones into the front panel cuts out sound to the internal speaker and to external speakers connected to the audio Stereo Out jack.
When your PC starts up, the integrated audio interface may have no IRQ or DMA settings. These settings are initialized by software upon startup. Your system files may not have the necessary entries. Run the Setup program to configure the IRQ and DMA settings.
Absence of sound can also be caused by a hardware conflict. Hardware conflicts occur when two or more peripheral devices compete for the same signal lines or channels. Conflicts between your audio interface and another peripheral device might be due to the settings of the I/O addresses, IRQ channel, or DMA channel. To resolve the conflict, change the settings either of the audio interface or of any other ISA accessory in your system.
This might be due to the DMA channel selected. If you hear no output from both the
The Volume is Too Low
Audio Input from the Microphone is Too Low, or No Audio At All
The computer has two output jacks, Stereo Out on the rear of the computer and a headphones jack on the front panel, which provide the same output signal. This is a
Check that the microphone specifications meet the requirements of the
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