Sound Card causing sound cut

Nesa · 06-05-2006, 07:54 AM

Hello,

Alright, my sound works just fine when I am on my computer normally, playing music etc.

This is where the problem develops, when playing games (DOD and BF2), after a period of time (let's say 5 minutes) my sound just cuts out.

It's definately not my speakers and I am aware that it is indeed my soundcard. I also can't even use a microphone with my card, it just doesn't pick it up.

Anyway this is my setup:

300W Case
CD-Rom Drive
Powercolor 9600XT 128mb Graphics Card
80GB Hard drive
Asus Mainboard - P4P800 Deluxe
256MB Ram
Intel CPU P4 3.0 GM Prescott - 1MB Cache, 800FSB
LG Monitor
Keyboard
Networkd Card etc....

My comp isn't too old, got it in September, 2004.

Basically looking at that am I correct saying that I have onboard sound?

So, i'm looking for a card good enough to not cut out when my sound options are on high in games and can take a microphone.

Not looking at spending too much, but would this be alright;

http://www.creative.com/products/pro...&product=14189

Also I have logitech Z-640 Speakers would they be alright with that soundcard?

If you haven't realised already, I'm not that good at the hardware side of computers but I really do need your advice.

If I do purchase a new sound card, would the on-board one be removed or would the new card just slot in and that's it?

Thankyou

mrjack · 06-05-2006, 11:36 AM

That sound card will be just fine with any speakers.

When installing the new card you should first uninstall the onboard sound chips drivers, then turn off the computer and put the sound card in the PCI slot. Make sure it's there correctly and boot up and install the new drivers.

If you don't uninstall the old drivers first, your new sound card might get damaged.

dragon2309 · 06-06-2006, 07:54 PM

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When installing the new card you should first uninstall the onboard sound chips drivers, then turn off the computer and put the sound card in the PCI slot. Make sure it's there correctly and boot up and install the new drivers.

If you don't uninstall the old drivers first, your new sound card might get damaged.

thats not strictly true... with onboard sound it is usually controlled by the BIOS, you should go into the BIOS and disable the onboard sound, if it is still enabled then windows will keep detecting it as uninstalled hardware....

So first disable the onboard audio in your BIOS, dont worry about uninstalling drivers, if the device is disabled it wont be recognised by windows. next power down the PC completely, install the new sound card into a spare PCI slot, boot up into windows and it should be straight forward from there, follow the prompts, install the drivers... done

just remeber to plug the speakers into the new crd and not the onboard sound any more...

dragon

Nesa · 06-07-2006, 02:40 PM

What about this card:

PRO AUDIO DV 5.1 Sound Card

sound good?

Nesa · 06-15-2006, 11:05 AM

Alright, well the soundcard is great!

thanks everyone for your help again

now my next question...

I've got a microphone probably about 4-5 years old

Looking for any installation/drivers for it...

here's a pic of it , it's a Creative microphone

Thanks

06-05-2006, 07:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nesa New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 17	Sound Card causing sound cut - new one / questions? Hello, Alright, my sound works just fine when I am on my computer normally, playing music etc. This is where the problem develops, when playing games (DOD and BF2), after a period of time (let's say 5 minutes) my sound just cuts out. It's definately not my speakers and I am aware that it is indeed my soundcard. I also can't even use a microphone with my card, it just doesn't pick it up. Anyway this is my setup: 300W Case CD-Rom Drive Powercolor 9600XT 128mb Graphics Card 80GB Hard drive Asus Mainboard - P4P800 Deluxe 256MB Ram Intel CPU P4 3.0 GM Prescott - 1MB Cache, 800FSB LG Monitor Keyboard Networkd Card etc.... My comp isn't too old, got it in September, 2004. Basically looking at that am I correct saying that I have onboard sound? So, i'm looking for a card good enough to not cut out when my sound options are on high in games and can take a microphone. Not looking at spending too much, but would this be alright; http://www.creative.com/products/pro...&product=14189 Also I have logitech Z-640 Speakers would they be alright with that soundcard? If you haven't realised already, I'm not that good at the hardware side of computers but I really do need your advice. If I do purchase a new sound card, would the on-board one be removed or would the new card just slot in and that's it? Thankyou

06-05-2006, 11:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 18 Posts: 2,595	That sound card will be just fine with any speakers. When installing the new card you should first uninstall the onboard sound chips drivers, then turn off the computer and put the sound card in the PCI slot. Make sure it's there correctly and boot up and install the new drivers. If you don't uninstall the old drivers first, your new sound card might get damaged. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.45GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Western Digital Caviar 160Gb SATAII Samsung Spinpoint F1 320Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII Samsung Spinpoint F1 750Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Antec Truepower Trio 550W Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

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06-07-2006, 02:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nesa New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 17	What about this card: PRO AUDIO DV 5.1 Sound Card sound good?

06-15-2006, 11:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nesa New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 17	Alright, well the soundcard is great! thanks everyone for your help again now my next question... I've got a microphone probably about 4-5 years old Looking for any installation/drivers for it... here's a pic of it , it's a Creative microphone Thanks