Internet connection has complict with Creative Sound Blaster..?

Question

I have P4 3.2GHz computer with built-in sound device, but I acquired new 24 bits Creative Sound Blaster to be able use my 7.1 Creative Speaker.

Unfortunately, there was a conflict when I try to connect to internet…every time I’m connecting to internet while my audio player is running at the same time, my computer would crush & eventually restart. I thought there was a problem with my modem & RAM so I upgraded my computer’s memory from 256MB to 512MB & replaced with new 56kb Motorola Modem, but the problem still persist.

I “Disabled” the Sound Blaster driver (creative) & set the built-in sound driver to “Enable” (Realtik), internet connection is working properly even while playing my audio player device.

Could anyone tell me what’s the possible problem, is there the possibility that sound card (creative) was not compatible with my processor?

Answer 1

Sounds like a device conflict. Go to the Device Manager in the Control Panel and check to see if your sound card and any Comm devices are sharing the same IRQ and have a conflict. You can try resetting one or the other by turning automatic assignment off. Usually, Windows XP is good about handling IRQ sharing unless you have too many devices and simply running out of resources.

Answer 2

Try to disable the built-in sound card instead of the Creative sound care and test your Internet. See if you get the same problem. If not, well... problem fixed.