Soundcard?

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adkona 0 Newbie Poster

15 Years Ago

My mother just got a used pc from her friend
I cant hear anything
even with speakers
It says i need a souncard or something
what are those?
can you download them
or do i have to buy it?
i got limewire and i cant hear my songs because it says i need a soundcard
what is that??

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Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven

15 Years Ago

A sound card is a card that plugs into a free slot within the pc that has hardware on board it that allows the production of sound by the pc.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=jdX&defl=en&q=define:Sound+card&ei=kytjSr3rA-SZjAem8YnuDw&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

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flyingdoc 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2009-07-20T00:26:34+00:00

it is very possible that if this pc has had ffr (fdisk format reinstall) that there is a soundcard already installed - just no drivers.

Please look at the back of the PC and tell me if there is a physical place to plug in your speakers (not the front - as most pc's cases have sockets there)

If the sockets are colour coded it will be light green.

Please let me know

Thanks