Sound problems

[Delboy]

To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there

Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of all
efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.

To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but as I
suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference to a
Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).

Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound card and
installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all is
well. Sound works - Whoopee!

Thanks again

Delboy

[Jack E Martinelli]

I suspect this modern sound card and its driver, and its increased feature
set, will be much better for you.

Now go get that 5-1 surround sound speaker set you've been panting for ...
--
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"Delboy" > wrote in message
...
> To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
>
> Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of all
> efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.
>
> To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but as I
> suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference to a
> Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).
>
> Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound card and
> installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all is
> well. Sound works - Whoopee!
>
> Thanks again
>
> Delboy
>
>

[Mart]

> ... and ticked "disable in this hardware profile"

I presume that you also remembered to disable it (your 'on-board' sound
chip) in the BIOS <g>

But well done and I'm pleased you've now restored your sound. Thanks for the
feedback.

Mart


"Delboy" > wrote in message
...
> To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
>
> Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of all
> efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.
>
> To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but as I
> suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference to a
> Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).
>
> Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound card and
> installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all is
> well. Sound works - Whoopee!
>
> Thanks again
>
> Delboy
>
>

[Delboy]

Hi Mart

The very nice man on the PC World repair counter also said to disable the on
board sound in the BIOS. I looked through the BIOS and the only mention of
sound was in Integrated Peripherals AC97 Audio - options Auto/Disabled.
Original setting "Auto"

Being chicken, I left it as it was with no apparent ill effects. Should I
disable AC97 Audio? The BIOS is Amibios American Megatrends (c) 1999.

Delboy

"Mart" > wrote in message
...
> > ... and ticked "disable in this hardware profile"
>
> I presume that you also remembered to disable it (your 'on-board' sound
> chip) in the BIOS <g>
>
> But well done and I'm pleased you've now restored your sound. Thanks for
the
> feedback.
>
> Mart
>
>
> "Delboy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
> >
> > Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of all
> > efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.
> >
> > To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but as I
> > suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference to a
> > Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).
> >
> > Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound card
and
> > installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all is
> > well. Sound works - Whoopee!
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Delboy
> >
> >
>
>

[BJ Honeycut]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:30:41 GMT,"Delboy" > penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware

> Hi Mart
>
> The very nice man on the PC World repair counter also said to disable
> the on board sound in the BIOS. I looked through the BIOS and the only
> mention of sound was in Integrated Peripherals AC97 Audio - options
> Auto/Disabled. Original setting "Auto"
>
> Being chicken, I left it as it was with no apparent ill effects.
> Should I disable AC97 Audio? The BIOS is Amibios American Megatrends
> (c) 1999.
>
> Delboy
>
> "Mart" > wrote in message
> ...
>> > ... and ticked "disable in this hardware profile"
>>
>> I presume that you also remembered to disable it (your 'on-board'
>> sound chip) in the BIOS <g>
>>
>> But well done and I'm pleased you've now restored your sound. Thanks
>> for
> the
>> feedback.
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "Delboy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
>> >
>> > Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite
>> > of all efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not
>> > possible.
>> >
>> > To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but
>> > as I suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a
>> > reference to a Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't
>> > remember where).
>> >
>> > Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound
>> > card
> and
>> > installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and
>> > all is well. Sound works - Whoopee!
>> >
>> > Thanks again
>> >
>> > Delboy
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>

As the resident audio guy, I can say the AC97 in AUTO mode generally is
fine, but if in doubt, try disabling it, it won't hurt you.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

[Mart]

Well... I would normally say yes - But if it's working OK then perhaps leave
well alone <g>

On the other hand, if there are more than one Sound Card item shown in
Device Manager - especially in Normal Mode - then I'd be very tempted to
disable it. You are likely to get conflicts otherwise.

My BIOS only gives enabled/disabled option and as I have a PCI card in my
box, so the option is set to disabled. I'm not too sure what the auto option
is supposed to do.

Mart


"Delboy" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Mart
>
> The very nice man on the PC World repair counter also said to disable the
> on
> board sound in the BIOS. I looked through the BIOS and the only mention of
> sound was in Integrated Peripherals AC97 Audio - options Auto/Disabled.
> Original setting "Auto"
>
> Being chicken, I left it as it was with no apparent ill effects. Should I
> disable AC97 Audio? The BIOS is Amibios American Megatrends (c) 1999.
>
> Delboy
>
> "Mart" > wrote in message
> ...
>> > ... and ticked "disable in this hardware profile"
>>
>> I presume that you also remembered to disable it (your 'on-board' sound
>> chip) in the BIOS <g>
>>
>> But well done and I'm pleased you've now restored your sound. Thanks for
> the
>> feedback.
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "Delboy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
>> >
>> > Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of
>> > all
>> > efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.
>> >
>> > To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but as I
>> > suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference to a
>> > Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).
>> >
>> > Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound card
> and
>> > installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all is
>> > well. Sound works - Whoopee!
>> >
>> > Thanks again
>> >
>> > Delboy
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

[Mart]

Just re-visited my BIOS - Correction!

My BIOS only gives Auto/Disabled option - No Enabled option!!

When I fitted my PCI sound card (a couple of years ago), I must have set it
to from Auto to Disabled.

So my previous advice still holds - particularly after seeing BJH's post on
this thread.

Mart


"Mart" > wrote in message
...
> Well... I would normally say yes - But if it's working OK then perhaps
> leave well alone <g>
>
> On the other hand, if there are more than one Sound Card item shown in
> Device Manager - especially in Normal Mode - then I'd be very tempted to
> disable it. You are likely to get conflicts otherwise.
>
> My BIOS only gives enabled/disabled option and as I have a PCI card in my
> box, so the option is set to disabled. I'm not too sure what the auto
> option is supposed to do.
>
> Mart
>
>
> "Delboy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi Mart
>>
>> The very nice man on the PC World repair counter also said to disable the
>> on
>> board sound in the BIOS. I looked through the BIOS and the only mention
>> of
>> sound was in Integrated Peripherals AC97 Audio - options Auto/Disabled.
>> Original setting "Auto"
>>
>> Being chicken, I left it as it was with no apparent ill effects. Should I
>> disable AC97 Audio? The BIOS is Amibios American Megatrends (c) 1999.
>>
>> Delboy
>>
>> "Mart" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> > ... and ticked "disable in this hardware profile"
>>>
>>> I presume that you also remembered to disable it (your 'on-board' sound
>>> chip) in the BIOS <g>
>>>
>>> But well done and I'm pleased you've now restored your sound. Thanks for
>> the
>>> feedback.
>>>
>>> Mart
>>>
>>>
>>> "Delboy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of
>>> > all
>>> > efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.
>>> >
>>> > To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but as
>>> > I
>>> > suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference to
>>> > a
>>> > Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).
>>> >
>>> > Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound card
>> and
>>> > installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all
>>> > is
>>> > well. Sound works - Whoopee!
>>> >
>>> > Thanks again
>>> >
>>> > Delboy
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Delboy]

Went for the jugular - disabled AC97 - fingers, legs & eyes all crossed.

No apparent problems. Still can always reset to Auto if any problems arise.

Thanks to all for suggestions.

Delboy

"Mart" > wrote in message
...
> Just re-visited my BIOS - Correction!
>
> My BIOS only gives Auto/Disabled option - No Enabled option!!
>
> When I fitted my PCI sound card (a couple of years ago), I must have set
it
> to from Auto to Disabled.
>
> So my previous advice still holds - particularly after seeing BJH's post
on
> this thread.
>
> Mart
>
>
> "Mart" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Well... I would normally say yes - But if it's working OK then perhaps
> > leave well alone <g>
> >
> > On the other hand, if there are more than one Sound Card item shown in
> > Device Manager - especially in Normal Mode - then I'd be very tempted to
> > disable it. You are likely to get conflicts otherwise.
> >
> > My BIOS only gives enabled/disabled option and as I have a PCI card in
my
> > box, so the option is set to disabled. I'm not too sure what the auto
> > option is supposed to do.
> >
> > Mart
> >
> >
> > "Delboy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Hi Mart
> >>
> >> The very nice man on the PC World repair counter also said to disable
the
> >> on
> >> board sound in the BIOS. I looked through the BIOS and the only mention
> >> of
> >> sound was in Integrated Peripherals AC97 Audio - options Auto/Disabled.
> >> Original setting "Auto"
> >>
> >> Being chicken, I left it as it was with no apparent ill effects. Should
I
> >> disable AC97 Audio? The BIOS is Amibios American Megatrends (c) 1999.
> >>
> >> Delboy
> >>
> >> "Mart" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> > ... and ticked "disable in this hardware profile"
> >>>
> >>> I presume that you also remembered to disable it (your 'on-board'
sound
> >>> chip) in the BIOS <g>
> >>>
> >>> But well done and I'm pleased you've now restored your sound. Thanks
for
> >> the
> >>> feedback.
> >>>
> >>> Mart
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Delboy" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>> > To Rick, Mart & BarryG and all other helpful souls out there
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for your earlier advice on my soundcard problems. In spite of
> >>> > all
> >>> > efforts, reliable functioning of my sound card was not possible.
> >>> >
> >>> > To confirm, my Creative oem card was not mounted on a PCI slot but
as
> >>> > I
> >>> > suspected a chipset on the mother board. I came across a reference
to
> >>> > a
> >>> > Creative on board sound card somewhere (can't remember where).
> >>> >
> >>> > Anyway I raided the piggy bank and bought myself a new PCI sound
card
> >> and
> >>> > installed that and ticked "disable in this hardware profile" and all
> >>> > is
> >>> > well. Sound works - Whoopee!
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks again
> >>> >
> >>> > Delboy
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>