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ashiplikethat   05-09-2006 at 03:23:59 PM

i was just wondering if anyone has solved the creative soundcard (x-fi )with nforce4 mobo issues by updating there motherboard bios as i am not keen on updating it because it sounds to hard for me.

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apache_lives   05-09-2006 at 04:32:50 PM
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give it a shot - update the bios, just dont loose power doing it, follow the instructions.

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i was just wondering if anyone has solved the creative soundcard (x-fi )with nforce4 mobo issues by updating there motherboard bios as i am not keen on updating it because it sounds to hard for me.

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dvdpiddy   05-09-2006 at 04:48:47 PM
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Ya same advice as apache but make sure you have the soundcard out of the mobo when you do it.

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bourgeoisdude   05-09-2006 at 05:23:13 PM
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i was just wondering if anyone has solved the creative soundcard (x-fi )with nforce4 mobo issues by updating there motherboard bios as i am not keen on updating it because it sounds to hard for me.



BIOS can fix issues with hardware conflicts/etc. because the BIOS, NOT WINDOWS, is what actually "detects" the hardware and allocates resources. Windows does this as well (almost strictly for USB devices), but the bios does most of the work. All Windows does is identify the hardware based on the resources the bios assigns the devices.

I know I'm not answering your question, but I wanted to explain this before someone posts that the bios has nothing to do with sound--because it very well may. Also, you have disabled onboard sound in the bios, right?

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pat   05-10-2006 at 11:38:57 AM
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i was just wondering if anyone has solved the creative soundcard (x-fi )with nforce4 mobo issues by updating there motherboard bios as i am not keen on updating it because it sounds to hard for me.



I think that you have to flash the XFI firmware, not the BIOS, to fix compatibility issues with XFI and nforce.

creatives forum will give you more clue

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