Having issues using onboard sound+sound card

[peterb]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

I have been using onboard sound (AC97) for a few months without a problem.
Yesterday, I picked up a sound card and installed it, wanting to have both
the onboard and the sound card work at the same time. I'm currently doing
this type of thing on another PC I have.

However, when I install the PCI card, my onboard sound is no longer
accessible, even though its still listed as Enabled in the BIOS. When I
remove/uninstall the PCI card, the onboard shows up again and works again.

It seems that I can only have 1 sound source on my PC! However, I have both
of them setup fine on my other PC.

Both PCs are running WinXP Pro with SP2 and all major updates done.
The PC with the problem is:
AMD Athlon64
1024 PC3200 ram
Asus K8VSE Delux motherboard
the new PCI card being installed is a C-Media card, very basic.

I have searched all over and cannot find a way to get it to work. Is there
some sort of flag/setting I need to do to allow me to use two sound sources
at once??

Many many thanks!

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Contact manufacturer - maybe if the board detects a pci soundcard the
onboard is automatically disabled.

r.



"PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:342D2C61-50A4-46FA-820B-593123D606A4@microsoft.com...
>I have been using onboard sound (AC97) for a few months without a problem.
> Yesterday, I picked up a sound card and installed it, wanting to have both
> the onboard and the sound card work at the same time. I'm currently doing
> this type of thing on another PC I have.
>
> However, when I install the PCI card, my onboard sound is no longer
> accessible, even though its still listed as Enabled in the BIOS. When I
> remove/uninstall the PCI card, the onboard shows up again and works again.
>
> It seems that I can only have 1 sound source on my PC! However, I have
> both
> of them setup fine on my other PC.
>
> Both PCs are running WinXP Pro with SP2 and all major updates done.
> The PC with the problem is:
> AMD Athlon64
> 1024 PC3200 ram
> Asus K8VSE Delux motherboard
> the new PCI card being installed is a C-Media card, very basic.
>
> I have searched all over and cannot find a way to get it to work. Is
> there
> some sort of flag/setting I need to do to allow me to use two sound
> sources
> at once??
>
> Many many thanks!

 

[peterb]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

I combed through the site and didnt find anything. I sent them an email with
the problem already and still no response. I'll check again.

Thanks for the response

"namniar" wrote:

> Contact manufacturer - maybe if the board detects a pci soundcard the
> onboard is automatically disabled.
>
> r.
>
>
>
> "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:342D2C61-50A4-46FA-820B-593123D606A4@microsoft.com...
> >I have been using onboard sound (AC97) for a few months without a problem.
> > Yesterday, I picked up a sound card and installed it, wanting to have both
> > the onboard and the sound card work at the same time. I'm currently doing
> > this type of thing on another PC I have.
> >
> > However, when I install the PCI card, my onboard sound is no longer
> > accessible, even though its still listed as Enabled in the BIOS. When I
> > remove/uninstall the PCI card, the onboard shows up again and works again.
> >
> > It seems that I can only have 1 sound source on my PC! However, I have
> > both
> > of them setup fine on my other PC.
> >
> > Both PCs are running WinXP Pro with SP2 and all major updates done.
> > The PC with the problem is:
> > AMD Athlon64
> > 1024 PC3200 ram
> > Asus K8VSE Delux motherboard
> > the new PCI card being installed is a C-Media card, very basic.
> >
> > I have searched all over and cannot find a way to get it to work. Is
> > there
> > some sort of flag/setting I need to do to allow me to use two sound
> > sources
> > at once??
> >
> > Many many thanks!
>
>
>