Sound Card and Onboard Sound

[Leviathan41]

I've been trying to set up my computer to use both the onboard sound and my Chaintech AV-710 sound card. I want to use the onboard sound for microphone and headphones (mainly for TeamSpeak) and the sound card for the 5.1 speakers (mainly everything else). This is the A64 system in my sig, btw.

Once I install the sound card, it uninstalls or overwrites the onboard drivers, and when I try to re-install the onboard drivers it acts like it is installing then gives me an error message. I have to uninstall the sound card and take it out of the system to get the onboard sound to work. When the sound card is not in the system, the onboard audio will install and work fine, but when I put it in and install it, it screws up the onboard, but works fine. I have read of other people using onboard with a sound card, but I can't seem to get it to work, any ideas?

My motherboard is the Asus K8V SE Deluxe with onboard AD1980 6-Channel audio CODEC. My sound card is the Chaintech AV-710 and I have tried several different drivers.

[warlock110]

I have the same SC as you do, it seems to be very conflicting with onboard sound, my SC never worked correctly with the onboard sound driver installed :)

[rus]

same here, For some reason i cannot use Microphone on my AV-710 in UT2004..and both SC and Onboard audio dont work together.

[ktschmit]

I don't think that onboard sound and pci sound cards were designed to work together. I had to disable onboard sound to avoid conflicts with audio drivers when I upgraded.

[Enablingwolf]

I have never seen or heard of two sound cards working together. I think the IRQ's have a conflict or something. If you do find a workaround fill me in on the secret.. :beer:

[stratcatprowlin]

I don't think that onboard sound and pci sound cards were designed to work together. I had to disable onboard sound to avoid conflicts with audio drivers when I upgraded.

I agree,I have to do the same thing.Not only in device manager but in the bios also.

[Leviathan41]

I've read of people doing it. Although most of the examples that I see, they use the Chaintech Hi-Res Mode for music and the onboard sound (usually SoundStorm) for gaming. I wonder if it has anything to do with the type of onboard sound I have as opposed to SoundStorm.

[breez]

Hi

No problems with Chaintech + Soundstorm, but I guess the results vary between different onboard audio solutions.

[Leviathan41]

Think it's because both my onboard sound and sound card use a VIA chipset?

[Seabee]

I had both a SC and onboard sound working in my 2nd rig. I know it is a Soyo, and maybe that is why it does work. I used mine the same way you want to use yours. Headphones & mic on SC and the speakers using onboard sound.

Like others said, make sure you dont have an IRQ conflict.

[Sentential]

Think it's because both my onboard sound and sound card use a VIA chipset?
You would be suprised. VIA used the same Realtek audio controller as nForce does. The only difference is that the audio-processor on the nForce's southbridge is superior and has less of a performance drop with high quality sound.

They quality is exactally the same, VIA is just slower in games. :cool: