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Sound Card Installation Fact Sheet 2.8.2

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Which built-in device do many motherboards include?   Sound card  
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What should you use on the motherboard faceplate to connect components using the built-in sound card?   Connectors  
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Sound cards are typically added to a computer using which kind of slots?   PCI or PCIe  
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Some sound cards also connect through which industry wide accepted standard?   USB  
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Sound cards for laptops can use which type of slots?   PCMCIA  
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When installing a sound card using an expansion slot, you should edit which settings and disable the built-in sound card?   CMOS  
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To hear sound from an audio CD played in a PATA optical drive, what should you connect from the optical drive to the connector port on the sound card or motherboard for built-in sound?   Audio cable  
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After installing the sound card, What should you install along with other software that came with the sound card?   Drivers  
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What should you use to configure settings for sound card connections such as speakers, audio input, and microphone?   Sound applet  
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What should you use to identify the sources that you want to record?   Sound applet  
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What should you use to configure sounds to play with system events or to play a sound to test your configuration?   Sound applet  
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Where can you find the sound applet in a windows system?   Control panel  
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What is a specific method of formatting sound files?   Audio codec  
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Which type of sound format are WAV, WMV, AIFF, and MP3 considered?   Common codecs  
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To play sounds saved using WAV, WMV, AIFF, and MP3 formats, your computer must have what installed?   Corresponding codec  
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In Windows 2000/XP, where can you see the list of installed codecs?   Device manager  
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Other codecs might be installed as you add other software. However, by default Windows comes with what installed?   Common codecs  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems, make sure that the speakers are connected to the sound card and that the speakers have power?   True  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems, check the volume setting on the speaker and the back of the sound card? (if present)   True  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems check software sound settings and verify that the sound is not muted and check mixer settings?   True  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems, if some files play but others do not, make sure you have the right codecs installed for playing that file type?   True  
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to troubleshoot sound problems, if you are working with a built-in audio interface, where should you verify that it is correctly configured?   BIOS  
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To troubleshoot sound problems, if you have installed an add-in card, where should you look to make sure the built-in audio is disabled?   BIOS  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems, if no sound plays, make sure the card is seated, check for resource conflicts, and update the drivers if necessary?   True  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems, ensure that the sound card is not experiencing Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) from the disk drive or power supply?   True  
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True or false, to troubleshoot sound problems, an EMI remedy is to move the affected card to an expansion slot located away from the source of EMI?   True  
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