Johnson’s Computer Internet Help

See how to open most types of computer cases by watching my short video on how I use my fingers, and screw drivers to remove most computer case doors, so you can get inside your computer to repair a part, or upgrade a part inside your computer.

The First thing you got to do is to get your tools you need to open your computer case doors. Most cases these days uses thumb screws to open your computer cases, but older cases tend to use Phillips Cross head screws or flat head screws. In rare cases, they might even use Torx screws. Buy a computer repair tool kit from Amazon if you need a tools like a Philips head or flat head screwdriver to open and repair your computer at home.

[continue reading…]

The first thing you should do for fixing your sound is check your speakers volume level, and make sure you did not mute Sound in your computer’s operating system by checking your system trays volume icon’s volume level. Also, make sure your speaker wires, and power are properly plugged in.

You can check if your speakers are working by unplugging them from your desktop computer, and using an MP3 player or CD player to playback music via the headphone jack connected to your speakers’ plug. You can also take out your desktop computers sound card, and test it on another computer to see if it works on another computer, or you can move the sound card to a different PCI expansion port if you have a empty PCI port on your computer’s mainboard.

For laptops, you can boot your computer into a liveCD operating system like Ubuntu to check your speakers sound is working in Ubuntu if it is it means your speakers are fine, but your installed operating system is not detecting your sound card or your speakers are broken/disconnected.

If you notice the sound is crackly, squeeky, or distorted, it could mean your speaker wires are broken, your speakers are failing, or you turned your volume for your speakers too high on your speakers.

You should go online to download the latest or previous version of your sound card driver from your Desktop computer maker, or your sound card maker if you notice your computer previously had sound, but lost sound because you installed the wrong version of a driver.

In Add/Remove programs which you can find in the Windows Control Panel, you can uninstall your sound card driver by looking for it.

[continue reading…]