Troubleshooting Your Multimedia PC

Why the long face? You say you bought one of them new-fangled multimedia upgrade kits and now you're afraid to take the cover off your PC? You say you got the cover off, inserted gizmo A into thingamabob B just like they told you, and now you got no sound, no CD, no nothin'? Well, seems like we got here just in time. Here's the bottom line on your multimedia mishaps: IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, and we've got proof. Not only will John Montgomery (a/k/a Dr. Multimedia) show you how to shift the blame onto the manufacturer, the documentation, and the computer industry in general, he will also help you fix the problem yourself--painlessly! Troubleshooting Your Multimedia PC includes: *a simple explanation of how multimedia works (in English, no less!) *detailed, step-by-step instructions with photos that make it easy to install any multimedia upgrade kit, including specific instructions for the most popular kits from Media Vision (Pro Audio Spectrum), Creative Labs (Sound Blaster), and Reveal (Quantum/Sound FX). *instructions for installing separate components from different manufacturers and getting them to live together in peace.*a troubleshooting section, organized by symptom, to help you identify and fix the many minor and not-so-minor bugs and glitches (choppy sound, static, lack of stereo, and so much more!
) that can keep from achieving a state of multimedia nirvana.To top it all off, you also get tips for tuning up the performance of your multimedia PC--how anyone, yes, even you, can go into files like CONFIG.SYS and WIN.INI and change settings to make your system scream and make you the envy of your mono-media neighbors. Remember: life is hard but, with Troubleshooting Your Multimedia PC, hardware is easy! 0201483475B04062001