New Audio Card

Tamuril elansar

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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30 May 2008 at 10:58 - 1
i recently bought the SC-5100 Trust soundcard, so i plugged it in the computer but when i tried to install the drivers its says that i don't have the Audio chip. I've already made sure its good in the pci slot but i can't get to install the drivers.

Flightmare

Flightmare

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

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Infinite Omega Negatives

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30 May 2008 at 11:54 - 2
What operating sytem do you use? If it's Vista, XP-drivers won't do. If you are running on Vista, make sure you have disabled the onboard sound in your BIOS becouse it isn't the first time it had created a lot of trouble on Vista-computers.

Tamuril elansar

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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30 May 2008 at 12:01 - 3
i'm using XP media center edition.
i already disabled onboard sound with bios.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

30 May 2008 at 12:52 - 4
Media Center Edition can be quirky. Did you check for a seperate driver, specifically for Media Center Ed?

Tamuril elansar

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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30 May 2008 at 13:02 - 5
the website says nothing special about media center edition.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

30 May 2008 at 13:54 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamuril elansar
the website says nothing special about media center edition.
Hmm, odd. I really don't know what to tell you... does Hardware Manager see it as an audio device?

IrishCB

IrishCB

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2008

Maine/NH

AxE

A/Mo

30 May 2008 at 14:12 - 7
If you're running WMC for an OS I will assume you have a TV tuner card. Try moving your new audio card to a different PCI slot that should fix it. Even if your PC doesnt have the drivers , it will still pop up when you boot up "New Hardware Found". If it didn't do this than move the PCI.

Snograt

Snograt

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Join Date: Jan 2006

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30 May 2008 at 14:19 - 8
Odd that - they have drivers for 64 and 32 bit versions of Vista, the versions for XP, 2000, ME(!) and even 98. Nothing MCE specific and all bar the Vista versions are v1.0

Is this card REALLY better than your on-board sound? (Assuming your mobo has it, of course). It's a very low-budget bit of kit.

Tamuril elansar

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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30 May 2008 at 14:31 - 9
ok, i returned the card they tested it and figured it was broke :\

now i got the a new one, working perfectly.

and yes its much better than onboard.

Snograt

Snograt

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30 May 2008 at 14:54 - 10
Hah, good on yer.

That was a quick turnaround - Computer Exchange or similar?

Tamuril elansar

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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30 May 2008 at 16:04 - 11
the store i bought it is 2 mins walk if not less.
so ye it was fast.