HOW DOES A SOUND CARD AND VIDEO CARD WORK? A SOUND CARD, ALSO KNOWN AS AN AUDIO INTERFACE OR AUDIO CARD, IS A HARDWARE COMPONENT IN A COMPUTER THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING AND MANAGING AUDIO SIGNALS. ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO CONVERT DIGITAL DATA INTO ANALOG SIGNALS THAT CAN BE PLAYED THROUGH SPEAKERS OR HEADPHONES, AND VICE VERSA. HERE'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW A SOUND CARD WORKS IN A PC: 1. INPUT AND OUTPUT: · INPUT: WHEN YOU SPEAK INTO A MICROPHONE OR CONNECT ANOTHER AUDIO SOURCE TO YOUR COMPUTER, THE SOUND CARD CONVERTS THE ANALOG AUDIO SIGNALS FROM THE MICROPHONE INTO DIGITAL DATA THAT THE COMPUTER CAN PROCESS. · OUTPUT: WHEN YOU PLAY MUSIC, VIDEOS, OR ANY OTHER AUDIO CONTENT ON YOUR COMPUTER, THE SOUND CARD CONVERTS THE DIGITAL AUDIO DATA INTO ANALOG SIGNALS THAT CAN BE SENT TO SPEAKERS OR HEADPHONES FOR YOU TO HEAR. 2. ...
FLOPPY DRIVE ALTHOUGH MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO REPLACE THE FLOPPY DISK, WITH A DEVICE THAT HOLDS MORE DATA, THE 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DISK DRIVE IS STILL VERY COMMON ON MOST PCS SOLD TODAY. THE FLOPPY DISK HAS SURVIVED WELL BEYOND WHAT ANYONE EXPECTED. IT HAS CHANGED IN SIZE OVER THE YEARS AND IS AVAILABLE IN DRIVES THAT FIT INSIDE THE SYSTEM CASE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE. THE FLOPPY DISK HAS COME IN A VARIETY OF SIES OVER ITS LIFETIME, BUT FOR ABOUT THE PAST TEN YEARS THE MOST POPULAR SIZE HAS BEEN THE 3.5 INCH DISKETTE. FLOPPY DISK CONSTRUCTION THE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE IS AN INTERNAL DEVICE THAT IS MOUNTED INTO AN OPEN DRIVE BAY OF THE SYSTEM CASE. WHILE IT IS AN INTERNAL DEVICE ITS BEZEL EXTENDS THROUGH THE DRIVE BAY OPENING AND SHOULD BE VISIBLE THROUGH A REMOVABLE BAY COVER ON THE CASE, AS WELL. A 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DISK DRIVE IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS MOST NEWER HARD DISK DRIVES. NEWER CASES MOUNT THE DISKETE IN EITHER A SMALLER DRIVE ...