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As I recall correctly... This motherboard doesn't have a jumper to disable
the onboard sound. Be damn sure you disable the various sound settings in
the Bios (legacy, game port, etc. etc.)

"StANTo" <vixk_98@{Damn_Spam}yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:QcyJ7.4916$9Q4.655594@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> disable the on-board soundcard in either the bios or on the motherboard
> (preferable) or in device manager.
>
> it sounds like the computer's reverting to the onboard soundcard and
> ignoring the new one.
>
> "Andrew Dodds" <andydodds@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:9t6a4v$ego$1@uranium.btinternet.com...
> > I am helping a friend upgrade his system, which now consists of:
> > AMD Duron 900
> > Gigabyte GA7-DXR BIOS F6, AMD chipset.
> > 256MB DDR RAM
> > Voodoo3 3000 16MB video
> > SB Live Value
> > 300w ATX power
> > Sony CD-RW
> > Toshiba DVD
> > Windows ME
> >
> > I cannot get the system to utilise the soundcard, Wiindows recognises it
> and
> > loads the software yet on rebooting the computer has no sound.  There is
> no
> > volume icon in the tray and in the Sounds and Multimedia section in
> Control
> > Panel there is no recording or playback device listed.  In System
> properties
> > all devices are listed as working properly, no exclamation marks
> whatsoever.
> > I have tried re-installing, the card, it used IRQ5 then IRQ11 but the
> result
> > was the same.  I then tried using the onboard Creative sound and again
> there
> > was nothing.  I am completely baffled.
> >
> > Any advice appreciated
> >
> > Andy Dodds
> >
> >
>
>