[pci-cards] Forum Topics

i don't know much about computers but i am having one built for me. my question is: can i get a sound card that has DD 5.1 with an optical output and hook it up to the optical input on a DD audio receiver? from what i've seen it looks …

Hi guys, everything was fine until the latest install of XP. Since that time my sound card cannot be found. I tried to install all sorts of drivers, some of them complain about some errors and do not go through. What do I do???? this is the sound card - …

I have a laptop with a wireless network card in it and a router wich is wireless network compatible... it has worked for half a year but last week it couldnt connect to my network anymore.... :cry: and now it cant even find my network.... does anyone know what could …

I had a HP Pavillion computer that kicked the bucket because it was messed up.. so i took the ethernet card and cd-rom out of it and put it into a different computer. cd-rom is working fine. but when the ethernet card gets recognized when you first start computer I …

Ok, I had to get a new harddrive for my comp, last one got fried...anywho, when I installed windows xp on it, everything went fine...except one thing...noticed there wasn't any sound. I checked alot of forums for the problem, but i couldn't find any useful information regarding my computer model.....Here …

what is best RTL8139D PCI or RTL8201CL onboard(epox8rda3ipro)?

I just bought a new PC with an Intel D925 motherboard. I wanted to add an ASUS TV FM 7135 tv tuner card, but I'm having troubles connecting the audio cable. The manual says it should be connected to the motherboard (it has built-in audio). I can only find one …

[COLOR=Magenta]How do you determine which one you have....PCI or APG.....If my resource summary says PCI bus...does that mean I get a PCI video card?[/COLOR] :-|

I have a P3 with an old matsonic 7016s MB. Just yesterday I was installing a aureal vortex 8810 under WXP. THe Sb was detected by xp and suddenly it hangs at desktop load. I guess it is trying to retrieve the drivers or something. this only happens with the …

I just got two matching 10 gig hard drives for free, I wanted to set up a RAID on my system (just for fun) but I already have a cd burner and two hard drives, and my mobo only supports 4 devices. To solve this, I found an old ata66 …

dearest daniweb.com techs i am at my witts end but i feel there may be a community here that can lead me in the right direction! thanks much for your very anticipated help here we go... i am running a celeron 1.7 that i built several years ago. i have …

I hooked up a wireless D-link 524 kit for a friend. It says the indoor range is 328 ft. I have the other computer about 40 feet and it says the signal is from low to good but most of the time low. The antenna I am using for the …

Hi ok.. im using a pinnacle media centre 300i tv card (its supports both analogue and digtal) with an audigy zs sound card... for some reason i cant get any sound when im viewing digital television... the sound works fine when viewing analogue tv but not on didgital.. can anyone …

Hi! I was wondering if any creative sound card actually offers an [B]optical [/B] SPDIF plug, in order to plug my Logitech Z5500 on the best Numeric sound possible... I don't mean RCA connector, rather the square shaped one like this pic: [code]http://img101.echo.cx/img101/4219/revps2000theback0wi.jpg[/code] I heard some Creative Live! sound card …

LOL as you can probably tell im quite new to this game so bear with me! after the previous problems i had with my speakers, im now having trouble successfully installing the sound card ive bought. Its an audigy 2 zs so not a bad card.. and ive put it …

in addition to my last post.. i was wondering if any one can reccomend a decent sound card and the onboard one im using sucks... i wouldnt mind one with optical output. and as mentioned i have logitech z5000 speakers and feel that they are being wasted with the sound …

I just purchased a Seagate (ST39102FC) SCSI 40 pin HD, and am now looking for a controller/I/O PCI card. I've been searching around and have found a couple of possibilities but am not sure. My knowledge of SCSI devices is minimal. The documentation for the HD is at this url: …

I've noticed two strange things with my sound card when it comes to using a microphone. Using multiple microphones, they work, but the result is very very quiet. Also, the plugs are are very loose when seated in the microphone socket. Without going into detailed troubleshooting, has anyone seen these …

Hi can anyone recommend a low latency soundcard for use with cubase sx. I was looking at the creative platinum with the breakout box for about £150 I've got the old version that i've put in the kids machine but I can't get the latency down below 100ms. The soundstorm …

All of a sudden for no reason I can think of, the inbuilt speakers on my sisters computer stopped working. Earlier (a few hours before it stopepd working) the speakers were working fine. We did not do anything. We have tried external speakers, headphones, everything but no sound. The only …

Is there a website that a person can go to and find out drivers for a modem and how can you get info if you don't have original package the modem came in. I there a # on the modem itself that will tell me the manuf. and model? Any …

I just put in a new sound card. I had the audigy2 but upgraded to the audigy2 zs gamer because it was a deal I couldn't pass up. Anyway I used to be able to get sound when I would watch tv on my computer but now after installing the …

I am installing an audigy 2 soundcard into a system. It has onboard sound already. Do I have to disable the onboard sound or will it be ok. I have a front audio port which I want to use. Will it work if the onboard is disabled?

I have been trying to install numerous sound cards and I can not get it to work. I would remove it from slot to slot and I continue to recieve an error message of Data invalid. I found sites that gave advice that were all the same but when I …

I have an nforce2 ultra non-sound storm mobo and a very old creative live value. question is, is it worth shelling out say $70 for a audigy 2 value? What tangible benefit does a new sound card offer for occasional music listening, rare movie watching, and sporadic game playing especially …

I have an audigy 2 sound card in my dell and want to move it to another computer I am building. This should be possible shouldn't it. It came with the dell but I should be able to go to creative to get the latest drivers and such. I do …

Computer is saying that no device or modem is installed! When I put the modem in message saying " has found new hardware" and searches for drivers. Installs modem and drivers but when I try to connect or detect modem say no :rolleyes: modem installed. I'm a bit green when …

I recently moved my Dell Dimension 4400 with Windows XP Home edition. Upon reconnecting everything, I had some issues. The first was I could not get a monitor signal. I opened up the tower and seated the video card firmly in the slot (I guess it got jiggled loose upon …

What a nightmare!!! Woke up the other day to find i had absoloutly no sound. I have onboard sound AC 97 however i dont use it as i already had a s/b 5.1 card from my previous pc, so it was switched off using bios. I have been through all …

I have an Agere PCI modem in my HP AMD. I have XP, DOS, and 98 installed in 3 partitions on my HD. My modem works great in XP but won't work on 98. I downloaded the correct driver for my Agere (98 type) and everything looks good. My hardware …