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Sound card issues

SL65

SL65

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I havn't been able to hear any sound at all from my computer when I play an audio or video file for weeks now and I have absolutly no idea why. I only get that loud beep noise from the motherboard. When I try to play a video file, it says something like "no sound device installed".

I don't think I have a sound card installed. Excuse the noobness here but its just the standard driver thingy that came with the computer if that makes sense to you.

Anyway, I really want sound to come out of my comp so I figured I should just buy a sound card this week before Xmas crowds. So can some of you techy guys look at the following list and tell me which really cheap sound card would be best. I have shit speakers so i'm not interested in quality. I just want it cheap.

http://www.cworld.com.au/order_online.php?PROD_CAT=Sound card&ob=COST&ot=ASC
^copy and paste the entire link cos its being a bitch and not hyperlinking the whole thing.
 
Go for the Creative Sound Blaster Vibra 128. Can't go wrong with it.
 
^Thats exactly what I was thinking. A friend told me the same thing.

I'v been getting a lot of help from the IRC (thanks Big J, Cruzz, Joe and others..) and somethings badly wrong with my stupid Dimension 4550 sound drivers or something.

So yeh, I just need to pick a sound card from that list..cheap remember.
 
That's basically the cheapest name brand you can go. I had one as well a long time ago and it did its job. Too bad I didn't keep or I'd send it to you.
 
Check your onboard drivers, reinstall em.
 
tried deleting the sound card in your hardware manager? makes more difference than just reinstalling the drivers

and a hint, if you have an on-board soundcard, and you install a PCI one, you have to disable the on-board one, or the other won't work (took me an hour to figure that out :bangin:)
 
bone said:
tried deleting the sound card in your hardware manager? makes more difference than just reinstalling the drivers

and a hint, if you have an on-board soundcard, and you install a PCI one, you have to disable the on-board one, or the other won't work (took me an hour to figure that out :bangin:)
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Ok thanks bone, i'll make note of that ;)
TechZ said:
If its onboard just remove it from device manager, and reboot, let it find it again.

If you are replacing th onboard, remember to diabled it via BIOS and then install your new card, you can easily get a used Audigy1 on the cheap.
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This is the same problem I had when I was asked to do it in the IRC. I don't know how to uninstall. Heres a pic showing how there is no uninstall option. Am I looking in the right place?

http://img233.imageshack.**/img233/9079/devicemangr2nh.jpg
 
no, you're allready a click to far ;)

you should right-click on the device in the list

in the pop-up menu, you'll find uninstall
 
The only audio device which gives me the "uninstall" option is my webcam microphone which I obviously don't want to get rid of.

*sighs* I hate my computer some days :(
 
It looks like your sound card is already uninstalled or not installed to begin with, as there's no chipset information in your Device Manager. Try installing the latest drivers for whatever motherboard you have.
 
Yep, I was told to do this aswell in the IRC. When I was installing the drivers for my mobo (Dell Dimension 4550 POS) it says "Driver not found, reboot system and try again". And that continuously happens..

Yeh so thats my depressing story. Damn Veyron episode tomorrow!!!! Don't wanna be watching it on shitty laptop.
 
Just a quicky:

Apart from plugging in a new sound card, do I need to do anything else like disabling the internal device in the BIOS or anything before I can use it? If so, how do I do that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. My local comp store is so useless..
 
Finally got off my lazy butt and got me a sound card.

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value. Its got 64 bits (whatever they are) and gives me a "high quality 24-big, 7.1 audio!". All I want was sound so its good enough:
http://img234.imageshack.**/img234/9229/pict13029uz.jpg
 
64bit means the card includes drivers that will work on the 64bit version of Windows XP. You can now crank up the volume on your speakers without hearing that static noise from onboard sound :) .
 
ah... i guess i am checking the forums too late.

I have a soundcard lying around collecting dust. I pulled it out of my crapped out mobo/cpu only a month ago so i am sure it works.

I was just ognna ask you to pay for shipping/boxing but well... Enjoy your new sound card.
 
haha604 said:
64bit means the card includes drivers that will work on the 64bit version of Windows XP. You can now crank up the volume on your speakers without hearing that static noise from onboard sound :) .
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Ahhh great, can't wait to hear it.
AxlxA said:
ah... i guess i am checking the forums too late.

I have a soundcard lying around collecting dust. I pulled it out of my crapped out mobo/cpu only a month ago so i am sure it works.

I was just ognna ask you to pay for shipping/boxing but well... Enjoy your new sound card.
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Nice to know...but soundcards are so cheap these days, its no real bother to buy one.

So, have I installed it? Hell no! :lol: A guy like me wouldn't know what to do. I will just end up doing something wrong and I will loose everything, just trust me on that. A friends gonna do it for me sometime.

I really suck when it comes to to computer hardware. Thats why I have a Dell and a Maxtor OTII.

EDIT: Sound card installed and working well :)
 
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