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 * __ SOLUTION TO SOUND CARD PROBLEMS: __**

You may have discovered that the sound card on some of the student’s netbooks is not working. It seems an automatic Windows update takes the sound card out of service and the Netbook no longer produces any sound. This is indicated by a red cross on the microphone icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.

If students have this problem a solution is to:
 * choose Start then Control Panel
 * select Device Manager
 * select Continue when prompted
 * select Sound, video and game controllers
 * right click on High Definition Audio Device
 * select Uninstall
 * choose OK
 * select Action and choose Scan for hardware changes

This will reinstall the required driver.

However, this creates some new problems.

The default microphone is now set to the microphone jack input.

To reset back to the internal microphone:
 * select Start then Control Panel
 * click on Sound icon
 * select Recording tab
 * choose the top Microphone
 * choose Set Default

The recording level is also now too low to record using Audacity effectively so:
 * select the top microphone (now with a green tick)
 * select Properties
 * select Levels tab
 * drag the Microphone level to the maximum (100)
 * drag the Microphone Boost level to the maximum (+30.0dB)
 * select OK
 * close all boxes

The Microphone level and Microphone Boost can be adjusted to give the best result in your situation. If someone does not understand this you can talk to someone that is smart with computers and they couyld help