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Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
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Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Dan Gookin
March 2021
Beginner to intermediate
464 pages
10h 42m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 6

Peripheral Perils

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using the Device Manager

Bullet Fixing USB connections

Bullet Swapping out hardware

Bullet Checking audio connections

Bullet Fixing microphone issues

Bullet Addressing mouse problems

Bullet Adjusting keyboard repeat rates

Bullet Cleaning the keyboard and mouse

Traditionally, a peripheral is any hardware attached to the PC. The device is peripheral to the heart of the system. This location doesn’t imply that the device is optional; a keyboard is a peripheral, but its presence is necessary to operate the computer. Likewise, a monitor is technically a peripheral, but on an all-in-one PC, it’s integrated into the console.

For this chapter, the term peripheral applies to gizmos not covered anywhere ...

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