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How to Install a Sound Card on a Computer

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Summary: Installing a sound card will greatly enhance the audio capabilities of a computer. Hook up a sound card to a computer with the tips in this free video on peripherals from a professional computer hardware trainer.

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James MacGregor is the training coordinator at InterConnection based out of Seattle, WA. He has been in the computer industry for six years. His experience in computers includes...read more

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"My names is James and I'm the Computer Hardware Training Coordinator for InterConnection, and I'm going to show you how to install a sound card. The first step is to pick a sound card that fits your needs. This one right here happens to be one that supports Dolby stereo out. Well, pick whatever you need. It can be the simple little sound card or something a little more elaborate for the; your home theater system. So, once you have your sound card, your going to install it in your PCI slots. These are the little white slots right here. Our first step is you want to remove this back cover. This basically is back here to keep dust out of the computer and what not. Set it aside, take the plate out, install the sound card, install the screw back in, and now you've just installed your sound card. When you boot up your computer, you may need some drivers for the sound that which you can off your CD. If you do not have the CD, you can simply run a Google search with the model number of the sound card followed by the drivers download, hit search and I'm sure you'll come up pretty close to the top. My name is James, and I just showed you how to install a sound card."

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