Would installing a soundcard besides onboard Realtek audio management?

ColManischewitz

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Hello, and thank you for any help you can provide.

I have Realtek onboard sound management. About 6 months ago, it started causing awful problems with my headset settings -- it would reset microphone audio, and not, it just pain won't work without causing a lot of feedback.

If I installed a separate sound card, could I just use that for all sound and bypass the RealTek onboard management? Would this work for headsets with traditional 3.5 microphone connects as well as USB headsets/microphones, which my Realtek won't recognize?
 
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USB headsets have their own "soundcard" chip built in. They will use neither the Realtek chip nor any soundcard you install. If you have compatibility issues with a USB headset, you can disable the onboard sound (Realtek) in your bios.
A soundcard could help you with a 3.5mm headset, but what you are experiencing sounds like a driver/software error. You might be able to fix it by uninstalling your realtek management and/or reinstalling it.
USB headsets have their own "soundcard" chip built in. They will use neither the Realtek chip nor any soundcard you install. If you have compatibility issues with a USB headset, you can disable the onboard sound (Realtek) in your bios.
A soundcard could help you with a 3.5mm headset, but what you are experiencing sounds like a driver/software error. You might be able to fix it by uninstalling your realtek management and/or reinstalling it.
 
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ColManischewitz

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Thank you!