Troubleshooting: Disabling Onboard Sound Card and Uninstalling necessary drivers

Hi everyone!! I just bought a new sound card. Problem is.. the installation instructions say I need to disable any existing sound card first before installing the new one. Does an onboard sound card count as "an existing sound card"? And if so, how do I disable it? :?:

Device Manager dhows the following drivers under the category "Sound, video and game controllers":

Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
TV Capture Card WDM TV Tuner
TV Capture Card WDM Video Capture
Video Codecs
Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)

Which ones do I need to uninstall? Any help's appreciated guys! :!:

And I need that help FAST!!!!

Go to your BIOS and disable onboard Audio. That will do the trick.

Skud said:
Go to your BIOS and disable onboard Audio. That will do the trick.

Wht abt the drivers already here? They'll get uninstalled automatically or i'll have to uninstall them myslf?

They will be automatically uninstalled except the drivers for your TV Tuner, which in any case should not conflict with your Sound Card drivers.

Skud said:
Go to your BIOS and disable onboard Audio. That will do the trick.

Skud said:
They will be automatically uninstalled except the drivers for your TV Tuner, which in any case should not conflict with your Sound Card drivers.

Thanks skud!!Lets see if it works...

Skud said:
They will be automatically uninstalled except the drivers for your TV Tuner, which in any case should not conflict with your Sound Card drivers.

The onboard audio drivers wont b uninstalled automatically... Either way it wont create any probs... U hav to unins t manually...

Alryt.. but if I need to uninstall manually, which ones do I uninstall??

Post your motherboard model.

Its antique actually

... its an MSI K8MM-V!!!

M

MegaMind said:
The onboard audio drivers wont b uninstalled automatically... Either way it wont create any probs... U hav to unins t manually...

Like megamind said, the drivers wont get uninstalled automatically but suggest u to leave them as it is..do not uninstall them (this is not required at all)..ur new card drivers should install just fine.

BTW, what card u got? price and pics?

Mario said:
Like megamind said, the drivers wont get uninstalled automatically but suggest u to leave them as it is..do not uninstall them (this is not required at all)..ur new card drivers should install just fine.

BTW, what card u got? price and pics?

I got it at 1k from MD actually.. not evn 2k.. cudn't find any at 2k!! Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 VX.

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N0x said:
I got it at 1k from MD actually.. not evn 2k.. cudn't find any at 2k!! Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 VX.

*muare1.vcmedia.vn/images/2011/01/17/50/16012011162_1295234908.jpg *www.technorelease.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/17510_1.png

ok Thanks....looks nice!!

Enjoy!!

Nice, just install the card after disabling onboard audio and you are good to go.

M

I know this is the wrong thread for this but cant help...I thought those altec lansings u got with this card are nicely balanced speakers!! U feel they are too bassy!!??!! Damn!! Ruined some of my plans dude!! : :-(

Mario said:
I know this is the wrong thread for this but cant help...I thought those altec lansings u got with this card are nicely balanced speakers!! U feel they are too bassy!!??!! Damn!! Ruined some of my plans dude!! :

Sry fr that dude.. but thats just what I feel.... pushing the bass down a bit and cranking the treble tp abt 60% balances things up nicely... plus there are always equalizers!!! Don't get me wrong.. these speakers pack some serious sound in them at this price point!!

So you haven't install the card yet?

Yup I have. Disabled the onboard sound card from the BIOS.. that took care of the drivers already installed, then I uninstalled the software, then installed the new Sound Card, installed its drivers, softwares etc and everythings perfect now!! :doublethumb:

Thanks a lot for your help guys!!!

M

N0x said:
Yup I have. Disabled the onboard sound card from the BIOS.. that took care of the drivers already installed, then I uninstalled the software, then installed the new Sound Card, installed its drivers, softwares etc and everythings perfect now!!

Thats good to know!! Enjoy!!

Nice. Now pump up the volume!!! :doublethumb:

Skud said:
Nice. Now pump up the volume!!!

Oh I already have!!! :hyper:

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