Could someone please tell me how to put a sound card in? My boyfriend bought a new one, and put it in, but?

Question

there is no sound, could he be doing something wrong, or maybe forgetting to do something? He did everything (he thought) that he was supposed to do!
I know there's a good chance it could be defective, but he's eliminating all other possibilities first, PLEASE HELP!!!

Answer 1

Click Start, click Run, type dxdiag, press OK. Select Sound tab. If your device and driver are not there, just install the soundcard driver. It is usually in a CD that comes w/ the soundcard. If it is missing, download the driver from the website of the card maker. You can go back to dxdiag to test the card.

Answer 2

First off Go to start then go to control panel and click on system icon and the go to hardware acn click on device manager and scrool donw to sound devices and see if there is a Yellow ? next to the sound card if so might need to install software that came with it or try rebooting and also check to see if speakers are hooked up right Also when you say there is no sound is that when you are playing a cd if so have to make sure that connector from back of cd drive is plugged into sound card

Answer 3

OK the card is now in? (pushed in all the way)
did he install the driver for the sound card?
go to start - control panel - sounds and audio devices
is it listed there?
then go to start -control panel - system - hardware - device manager look for any ! or X marks
delete them if found
reboot the computer and new driver should be auto installed
if not working now the yes its bad

Answer 4

if your computer had/has built in sound (mine does), it may need to be disabled in either BIOS or on the mobo (motherboard) before a new sound card can be detected and installed. See your documentation for how to do this, or the mobo maker's website, if this is the case.

if you previously had a lesser sound card installed, be sure to disable or delete the drivers for it.

otherwise, the maker's directions for all major brands work pretty darn well and if you've followed them and still no go -- you've likely got one that is dib [dead in box]. those you return.


GL

Answer 5

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Answer 6

This link will give you a step by step guide.