Sound Card issues

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XP Home O/S. The programs I run say the sound card is
either not there or it is in use by something else, and I
know it is not because nothing is running I know about
that would be using it. I was told it is due to a bad xp
upgrade. I have no clue if it is that and if so what next
or if there is another issue I am missing. The systems
sound card worked before I installed a new one. The new
card is good, we know this from using it in another
system. Help??!!

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Cari,
Thanks for the info, but I am not sure how to do what you
said. Could you explain it or is this a major technical
thing?
>-----Original Message-----
>If you install a separate soundcard you MUST disable the
onboard sound in
>the BIOS.
>
>And try to install the separate soundcard in the PCI slot
FURTHEST away from
>the AGP slot.
>--
>Cari
>MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
>www.coribright.com
>
>"Jeff" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>newsc0301c43b63$b23c3db0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> XP Home O/S. The programs I run say the sound card is
>> either not there or it is in use by something else, and
I
>> know it is not because nothing is running I know about
>> that would be using it. I was told it is due to a bad
xp
>> upgrade. I have no clue if it is that and if so what
next
>> or if there is another issue I am missing. The systems
>> sound card worked before I installed a new one. The new
>> card is good, we know this from using it in another
>> system. Help??!!
>
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