All of a sudden my computer will not do sound. ran all diagnostics and learn that the sound card on the intel motherboard has failed. comp manufacturer says i need to replace motherboard. computer is out of warrenty and really not worth a radical replacement. i purchased a usb 3d sound card whch has input and output thinking this would give me sound ability. (cost $10.) i have loaded the driver and attached the usb. but the programs that need a sound card still do not recognize. is there a way to completely disable the old sound card or work around to get the programs such as win media, real audio etc to run. btw i am running ms xp home on a dell dimension 2000.
2006-09-23 12:48:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I am able to disable the onboard sound card. but i cannot get any of my sound programs and devices to use the usb sound card. keeps giving me an error that there is not a device on the machine.
2006-09-23 13:43:16 · update #1
You may need to go into your PC's BIOS to disable the built-in sound. When you reboot, there should be a prompt to tell which key or combo of keys that allow you to access the BIOS.
Once the PC reboots and loads Windows, go to the Task Manager (several ways to do this but quickest is to use the Windows Key + Pause/Break at the same time) and go to Device Manager. If you are using Windows XP, it will be under the Hardware tab.
Once you are in the Device Manager, look for Sound Devices. If anything shows, choose to disable them. You will need to check with the Mother board info to see which sound devices it uses if there are several different drivers showing.
USB sound should not show under the Sounds section, but if does, don't disable the drivers to the USB sound device.
2006-09-23 12:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by Corillan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, this is a general answer. I am not familiar with specifics of your computer.
Second, if you actually do have a sound card on your computer, try removing the old sound card. Otherwise, you should be able to access the virtual sound card through the control panel. Then select Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices. Somewhere in that list will be the controls to the drivers. You can turn them off from there. The bios isn't a bad option if you know what you are doing.
2006-09-23 20:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to go into your BIOS and disable the onboard sound card. When your machine is booting you should see a Press Del to Enter Setup or something similar. Do that and look for the sound card option.
2006-09-23 19:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by John D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋