Security & Virus | Hardware | Windows XP | Windows Vista | PC Gaming

Adding sound card with onboard soun

Name: Josh
Date: August 5, 2003 at 11:06:13 Pacific
OS: Win XP home
CPU/Ram: P4 1.5/512

Comment:

hi. If I add a sound card to my system that already has onboard sound do i have to go into the BIOS and disable the onboard or will it do that on its own? Win XP P4 1.5 512mb Ram

Reply:

I have built like 6 computers, all i gotta do is install the driver for my sound card then it will go through.

0

Reply:

You can have multiple sound adpaters. Choose the one you use in the Control Panel/Multimedia

0

Reply:

Okay thanks. If I just go ahead and install the new one without disabling the old one in the BIOS will the old one still use up system resources?

0

Name: jam
Date: August 5, 2003 at 16:51:20 Pacific

Reply:

If you don't need it, disable it. There may be a setting in the BIOS...or there may be a jumper on your motherboard...possibly both

0

AMD 1800+ becomes instabl...

Pentium 3 watt requiremen...

Post Locked

This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead.

Summary: Look i dont have time to argue with you, you foolish individual. as sjd9910 as above onboard sound cards are no god if i want good quality sound, therefore i will be looking into getting a Audigy soun...

Summary: You can't - you would have to use something between the speakers out port and the headphones that would convert the low impedence to high impedence - it's essentially a tiny transformer with a few ext...

Summary: I have just moved on to .net server and im having problems with my sound card, i can play songs through media players but other apps like IE or windows messenger wont play sounds and when i goto chang...