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SOUND ADVICE

SOUND ADVICE

Postby Chippychap » Tue May 26, 2009 11:23 am

Hi Guys, please may I pick your brains?
My PC was pre-owned though only for a short time, it just means I didn't set it up originally.

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INTEL® Core 2 Duo E4400 (2 X 2.0GHz) 1066MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM) 2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz (2x2GB)
Motherboard ASUS® P5VD2-VM: DDR2, S-ATA II, 1 x PCI-E x16, 2 PCI, etc
Operating System WINDOWS® XP MCE 2005
Graphics Card 512MB GEFORCE 7300GS (256MB SMA) PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Sound Card Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio 7.1

The sound system it is using is Realtek HD, which i think is the onboard system on the MoBo.

Would you lose it and set up the Soundblaster?

I don't really play high tec games but listen to music all the time. :huzzah:
What do you reckon guys?
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby augie » Tue May 26, 2009 11:58 am

I would go for the X-FI. However only your ears can tell for sure.
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby Chippychap » Tue May 26, 2009 4:19 pm

I killed all reference to Realtek but the S/B card doesn't want to play, literally.
I removed my headphones from the rear of the PC and re-sited 'em into the PCI soundcard.
At present I am still trying to figure out why no sound.
Nowhere does it give me the option of which sound doodad to use.
Much tinkering to be done. :bashhead ........... :whistle
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby augie » Tue May 26, 2009 4:23 pm

Chippychap wrote:I killed all reference to Realtek but the S/B card doesn't want to play, literally.
I removed my headphones from the rear of the PC and re-sited 'em into the PCI soundcard.
At present I am still trying to figure out why no sound.
Nowhere does it give me the option of which sound doodad to use.
Much tinkering to be done. :bashhead ........... :whistle


You did install the X-FI drivers right and disabled the Realtek in the BIOS? Sorry to be so basic but I had to ask.:)

EDIT: Oopsie, there's no sound disable on your BIOS. You'll need someone better than me if the above doesn't work.
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby mnemonicj » Tue May 26, 2009 5:08 pm

Make sure the BIOS is up-to-date. There seem to be many updates for the BIOS on the ASUS website for this motherboard. Then check if there is a way to disable the onboard sound card. I have an ASUS P5ND2-SLI and I was able to disable the onboard sound card when one of the channels crapped out on me. I now use a PCI sound card and it works fine.
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby Chippychap » Wed May 27, 2009 7:33 am

I seem to have, not stepped gently, leaped headlong into a minefield.
Couldn't find an onboard sound disabler in the bios, can't find it in the mobo handbook either, will check both again.
For some bizarre reason I don't have the X-Fi disc so got a driver from the web............BSOD.... :-x
It may be cos the other doodad is present.
The MoBo disc has the Realtek drivers, I use the disc but the R/T drivers don't want to load, just get
"Realtek Driver failure error code 0XE0000227" which apparently has a place in error code history.. ^*^
I'm still cool about it, miss my music but I can't hear much at the mo cos of my screaming. :whistle
Tinkering will continue.
Thanks for being there guys, could you perhaps, er, sing for me? :embarrassed:
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby shreader » Wed May 27, 2009 2:29 pm

I found your manual @
http://www.azmanual.com/download/9353/a ... 94125afc4/
PDF = 1.86 MB dl.

BIOS Section 2.4.4 (Onboard Device Configuration) appears to be your audio controller that can be disabled.
HDA controller (audio)?

Is that what you are looking for?
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby Chippychap » Wed May 27, 2009 3:41 pm

Hey shreader, you made me go back through my MoBo manual and this is what I found.

Image

Do they cause a conflict when both are installed? on Startup now it mentions "found a new media controller"
which is the S/B card.
Hopefully, when the onboard doodah is disabled it will accept the card driver.
Bless you for your help.
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby augie » Wed May 27, 2009 3:59 pm

Do they cause a conflict when both are installe
Yes, absolutely!!! Same goes for video cards too. Looks like you're making some progress there. :yesnod:
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Re: SOUND ADVICE

Postby Chippychap » Wed May 27, 2009 4:08 pm

It ain't me augie, it's a group thing,good job it's only ME that hears the screaming. :drool:
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