Chapter 27. What to Do When Your Sound System Doesn t Sound Right

Chapter 27. What to Do When Your Sound System Doesn't Sound Right

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What can cause bad sound

• Dealing with audio problems

Seems like every time you click something in Windows, it makes a sound. Your computer talks to you when something good happens ("you've got mail!") and buzzes at you when something bad happens (that awful noise associated with error messages). You listen to music on your system via audio CDs, and depend on background sounds to entertain and direct you on a variety of Web pages.

So what do you do when you can't hear the sounds anymore or when the songs you hear are the wrong ones? If your system develops audio problems of any sort, it's time to quit listening and start reading!