does my laptop have a sound card?

Doglover88

looking to buy a skype headset and the only requirements is a usb port and soundcard. laptop is 2 yrs old, pretty basic but do all laptops have one, even if it is very basic?
its an Acer Travelmate 240 series

many thanks in advance
glenbat

ichiban1962

yup its got a sound card

look at the rear of the laptop to the left

look for sockets marked "speaker/line out and line in/mic in jack"

they are what you want

missile

You could check your purchase order?

Using Windows XP=
Click on start
Click on settings
Click on Control panel
Click on performance and maintenance
Click on system
Click on device manager
Look under sound video game controllers for details of sound card - i.e. if u got one