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Soundcomesfromoneexternalspeakeronly
Symptom:Soundcomesfromoneexternalspeakeronly.
Actions:
•Ensurethatthespeakercableisinsertedcompletelyintotheconnectoronthecomputer.
•Makesurethecablethatattachestheleftspeakertotherightspeakerissecurelyconnected.
•Double-clickthespeakericonintheWindowsnotificationarea.Amastervolume-controlwindowopens.
VerifythattheBalancesettingsaresetcorrectly.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,youmighthaveafailingspeaker.Havethespeakerserviced.If
youneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter10“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage65.
NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames
Symptom:NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames
Actions:
•MakesuretheDOSapplicationorgameisconfiguredtouseSoundBlasterProorSoundBlaster
emulation.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationorgameforinstructionson
settingsound-cardsettings.
•Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter10“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage65.
Intermittentproblems
Symptom:Aproblemoccursonlyoccasionallyandisdifficulttorepeat.
Actions:
•Verifythatallcablesandcordsaresecurelyconnectedtothecomputerandattacheddevices.
•Verifythatwhenthecomputerison,thefangrillisnotblocked(thereisairflowaroundthegrill),andthe
fansareworking.Ifairflowisblockedorthefansarenotworking,thecomputermightoverheat.
•IfSCSIdevicesareinstalled,verifythatthelastexternaldeviceineachSCSIchainisterminatedcorrectly.
(SeeyourSCSIdocumentation.)
Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter10“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage65
.
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdeviceproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork”onpage56
•“Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork”onpage57
•“Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse”onpage57
•“Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork”onpage57
Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork
Symptom:Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork.
Actions:
•Verifythatthekeyboardcableissecurelyconnectedtothecorrectconnectoronthecomputer.
•IfyouareusinganEnhancedPerformanceUSBkeyboardandoneormoreoftheRapidAccessbuttons
aretheonlykeysthatarenotworking,thesebuttonsmighthavebeendisabledorhavenotbeenassigned
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