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Sound card configuration
XP Home (SP1), SB Live sound card. My sound card had been working fine, even after installing SP1. Then a few days ago the sound just stopped. Device Manager will properly install the sound card, configure resources and then tell me everything is OK. However, under Sound and Audio Device Properties,

Sound card support on Linux (was Re: Setting up a Linux music ...
Michael D. Crawford crawf...@goingware.com linux debian user Can you suggest a better sound card to me? The cheap sound card I use in my PC picks up a lot of electrical noise. Digital circuitry emits a lot of RF noise, and this is picked up in the analog circuitry of my sound card as a crackle and buzzing sound.

PB 640 sound card upgrade problems
CrimsonLiar tr...@trash.com comp sys ibm pc soundcard misc If your main reason for buying a new sound card is playing games, I would recommend a card from Creatives Audigy 2 ZS range (but please dont touch the Audigy LS with a barge pole, its awfull). Creatives Audigy 2 ZS cards offer better 3D sound than any of

what new pci sound card to buy for use with OS/2 4.0 or 4.5.2 ?
73's Chris N3JLY Rob wrote: IMPORTANT -- CORRECTION -- PLEASE READ The mic jack on a sound card is a MONO circuit but uses a STEREO JACK with one channel carrying the audio to the sound card from the mic and the other channel carrying a DC voltage to power a mic. I made a big mistake. THE TIP OF THE MIC CONNECTOR

Multiple Sound Cards
Buffalo buff_v...@sprynet.com alt comp hardware homebuilt If possible, put the sound card (PCI) in slot #2 as this slot doesn't share its IRQ, I believe. But first, uninstall your sound card drivers, shut down, reposition your sound card, and reinstall the sound card drivers. "Craig Williams" <cwil...@bigfoot.com>

Current sound cards for gaming and my findings
I'm looking for a new sound card for around the £100 (or less ;)) mark I'm going to use it primarily to record music (acoustic guitar / vocal) but 5.1 Channels I've cut and pasted the following specs and review from Modtown.co.uk: Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) PCI sound card with SPDIF digital audio in/out - Full 5.1

Sound Card
I keep my old ISA card becuase the PCI card slows down DOS based games to like 50% of what they run with my ISA card. But in Windows the PCI card goes a little faster and sound better than the ISA card. The main reason your ISA card goes slow is because it is an onboard sound card. I hate onboard sound cards.

sound card/audio interface confusion
Look in Device Manager and see if there is a yellow tag associated with your present sound card or if it is even listed. Hilite listing and click on Properties and see what it tells you. get back with what you find. above all do not panic and start trying this and that like a butterfly and screw up your computer.

Which is a good Sound Card?
The problem is that my sound does not work. Device manager is telling me that it cannot find any free IRQ. However, it never told me this before. The sound worked fine, the computer worked fine. When I took the cover off I noted that the wire that runs from the CD-ROM drive to the sound card was off.

Go with Motherboard w/built in sound or seperate sound card?
andy m alberta...@shaw.ca alt home-theater misc creative products sound_blaster live rec video dvd players alt video dvd tech alt comp periphs videocards ati the optical out from the soundcard carries all the 6.1 signals.....just do an input to the sony and you should be up and running....providing you make the

Sound card problems
Generally those soundcard backplanes have no space for very many RCA connectors, so they have to use those mechanically crappy 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo plugs for audio connections. Platinum" sound card has one RCA plug in, and one RCA plug out, which would be great -- if you were really into mono!

sound card help!
(On boot-up, it shows the PnP for the card.) Also, any suggestions for a new sound card for OS/2? I use it mainly for listening to CDs and Webcasts. Thanks. Sound sometimes gets messed up in mmpm2.ini file. Run Thetaband MMcheck software <http://www.thetaband.com/> to test this file. It will tell you about gross

XP won't use sound card
NO exaggeration - I like audio and for obviously reasons, need a good quality sound card but I can (more so than most others) the differences between sound cards because my equipment can make it apparent. If your ears are not sensitive enough to notice any differences then bully to you, but their are plenty of us

picking a sound card, advice
dg dan_...@hotmail.com comp sys ibm pc soundcard tech How are your speakers connected? When you say you select 'Digital Output Only' and the music cuts out, I am guessing your sound card has analog AND digital outputs (maybe optical or coaxial?). I am guessing you have your speakers connected to an analog output on

Need recomendations for a good sound card
The sound card doesn't have that much of an amp and it may just be too faint to drive your speakers with that big impedance. --KC mike kajfosz wrote: HI guys. I am trying to get a sound card to work in a 486 computer. The sound card I have is a ess 1868 chip series made by Labway. The fcc id is LWHA111930.

Yamaha sound card drivers
How do I find a good soundcard (with good audio and MIDI support) that is supported with a full-featured driver on Linux? This is still one of the biggest hurdles to get over for using Linux at all, but especially for using applications that make extensive use of "specialized" hardware. For sound card drivers,

Sound only on the CD player/new sound card
I've been trying to educate myself on PC audio card solutions, but I think I need a second opinion. Or several of them :) I use my PC sound card (currently Occasionally playing a DVD movie through my PC (rarely) Now, I don't need a home studio card as I don't do any serious sound recording or music production.

what new pci sound card to buy for use with OS/2 4.0 or 4.5.2 ?
Some stupid little know it all kid knows more than all the sound card manufacturers eh ? Yeah, right. It would be very easy for sound card manufactures to put an amplifier on a sound card but then they couldn't charge us more for an external amplifier could they? Have fun explaining the fact that most dont buy

which sound card would be the best option
I recently posted a message about Quake 3 Arena crashing after several minutes of play...with the sound locked in a loop. If I disable the Sound Blaster Audigy sound card drivers, the problem goes away...except now I don't have any sound. I also tried a cheap Sound Blaster PCI 128 card and it also causes the crash

Windows installs phantom modem as sound card
I have an MAudio card I added to my Compaq Presario 6000. I want to hook up a microphone (3.5mm) that does not fit into the MAudio (rca). The sound card that came with the computer does have the jack I need, I don't want to buy a pre-amp for the mic, and I'd like to be able to switch between the two sound cards-- I