How to set up your Sound card under Windows 95
So you have a Sound card, but it doesn't work properly, what to do? You try
Windows Help and you get nowhere. We have all been through this, so I
thought you might like the benefit of my experience.
(Where not otherwise stated all 'picks' are with the left mouse button)
1) Pick My Computer with the right mouse button
2) Pick Properties
3) Pick Device Manager
4) Find Sound, Video & Game Controllers
5) If there is a + against it, click the plus so that it expands
Your Sound card or On-board device should be listed. If it is not, you
probably haven't got one. If you do have one, try the "installing new
hardware" entry from the Control Panel.
Your card is listed but it has a yellow cross against it. This means that it
has a conflict with another device or card.
If it has a red cross against it, it has been disabled.
6) In either of these cases double click on the device.
In the next window it should show "This device is working properly" but
probably won't.
If a red cross was displayed at 5, you will see that the device is disabled
in this configuration. Change this, press OK and restart your computer.
However you may find multiple copies listed of devices that you have. This
is because Windows tends to be over zealous in finding devices at start-up.
In which case the red cross against one of them is OK. You can try removing
the duplicate, but you may well find that Windows finds it and re-installs
the second copy again at the next start-up. In which case disable it.
7) If a yellow cross was displayed at 5 click on Resources.
8) If Auto-settings is on, turn it off and then change the settings until
the conflicts are removed. You may get dire warnings of impending doom from
Windows, but you can safely ignore them. If later you decide that it is all
a ghastly mistake and you should have listened to the warnings, it is always
possible to restore the status quo, by restarting Windows, stepping through
as above to stage 6. Remove the device by clicking the Remove button.
Restart Windows and let Windows find it and re-install it.. So rest assured
that the warnings can be ignored. The main thing is to get rid of the
conflicts so that the sound card works.
Close device manager and restart Windows.
9) Open Control Panel and click on Multimedia. If not already on, turn on
"Show Volume Control on Task Bar". Set the preferred device to be your Sound
card and set Playback and Recording levels to mid-way. This will not be
possible if the device is not installed properly.
10) Pick the Advanced tab and check the Audio devices, Mixer devices, Line
Input devices. Use properties to change as necessary.
Use OK to close.
11) You may also find a Sound card or Device icon on the Control Panel,
which will give you further controls. Further you can pick 'Sounds' from the
Control Panel and set the sounds that you like or better still pick the 'No
Sounds' or 'None' scheme.
Close Control Panel.
12) You will now have an icon of a loudspeaker on the task bar. Use the left
mouse button to set a suitable volume level. Click on the desktop to close
this.
13) Click the loudspeaker icon with the right button and pick 'Open Volume
Controls'.
14) Pick the Options menu and pick 'Properties' on this menu. For Playback
tick all devices and then OK. Now all the volume controls for playback will
be displayed. Select and set suitable levels (mid to low) for each device.
You can always change them later.
15) Again, pick the Options menu and pick 'Properties' on this menu. Pick
'Recording' and tick all devices and then OK. Now all the volume controls
for recording will be displayed. Select and set suitable levels (mid to low)
for each device. You can always change them later.
Close this window and all is done until you decide to change everything
again.
73s John, GCNN
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