Many ports on the back of your computer are self-explanatory: the power socket, Ethernet port, HDMI out for your monitor, and plenty of USB ports. But the multicolor audio jacks on the back aren’t as ...

Use the following suggestions if your Windows PC headphone jack is causing static noise. Preliminary fixes Try the rear or another audio jack Update or roll back the audio driver Electrical ...

The "Line In" audio jack on your computer enables you to connect a microphone or other audio output device with a 1/8-inch miniature plug to your computer. On some computers, especially laptops, as ...

Most computers have jacks for microphone, music players and speakers at the back or side of the main unit. Some computers have an additional microphone jack at the front. These jacks are connected to ...

A trade group is done creating a technology to let ordinary USB ports take over from the 3.5mm audio jack on laptops and PCs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Dedicated sound cards may be far less prevalent than they were in the early days of PC gaming but they haven’t disappeared completely. If you grew up building your own gaming computers, Creative and ...

My music server (an old desktop PC) finally died and I'm looking to build a new box to replace it. Due to the age of my receiver, I need the new server to output digital audio via an S/PDIF coaxial ...