Fix guides
Each guide starts with the test that shows what is wrong, then gives the steps for that case: a refused permission, a busy device, a muted output, a drifting stick.
- Microphone not working Test first: Mic test
- Camera not working Test first: Webcam test
- No sound Test first: Speaker test
- Stick drift Test first: Stick drift test
- Controller not connecting Test first: Gamepad tester
- Change refresh rate Test first: Refresh rate test
- Keyboard not working Test first: Keyboard test
- One AirPod not working Test first: Headphone test
- Laptop camera not working Test first: Webcam test
- Teams camera not working Test first: Webcam test
- AirPods mic not working Test first: Mic test
- Discord mic not working Test first: Mic test
- Touch screen not working Test first: Touch screen test
- Zoom camera not working Test first: Webcam test
How the guides work
Every guide on this page starts from a test. A microphone, a camera or a speaker can fail for very different reasons, and the test knows which one it was: when a browser cannot open a device it reports a named error, and each error points to a different fix. A blocked permission needs a settings change, a busy camera needs another app closed, and a missing device needs a cable or a driver. Running the test first saves you from trying all of them.
The 14 guides hold 161 steps. Each step is our own plain wording of what the maker's support page says, with the menu path written the way the maker writes it and a link to that page with the day we read it. The steps come from 49 pages published by Microsoft, Apple, Google, Zoom, Discord, Xbox, PlayStation, Dell, Lenovo, HP and others. Where a maker has no page for a case, the guide leaves the step out instead of guessing.
Guides for a microphone or camera are split by the error the test shows, such as Blocked, Not found, Busy or Setting not available, and each section has an address you can link to. Guides for controllers are split by what the tester measured: not detected, drift or no vibration. A step that any visitor may need, such as a driver update or a hardware check, sits in its own section at the end. The system chips above the steps hide the steps for other platforms; every step stays in the page, so searching the page still finds them.
