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Can I install 2 sound cards at the same time? the one is onboard and the one is PCI.
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about sound cards.
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Yes you can, all mobos have onboard sound. Just install your PCI card and hook your speakers up to it. You might have to go into your bios and disable your onboard sound. It depends on your mobo, some of them do it automaticly when you put in a new sound card.
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Some mobos don't have onboard sound, but even then it's OK to throw in more than one sound card. I've got an old system that I stick all my extra hardware in so that it dosen't get lost, and I have 2 soundcards in it. Haven't gotten the drivers for both, so I can't say if they'll work at the same time, but I know the system will support more than one.
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you dont exactly need to go into your bios...just go into your control panel, sound settings and disable the onboard sound
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why would you want to do that?
many companies sell multichannel I/O cards for recording and what not if you want multiple inputs and outputs,
many companies sell multichannel I/O cards for recording and what not if you want multiple inputs and outputs,
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The sound wont work unless you disable one or the other, in my case to get my soundcard to work i had to disable the onboard.
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Windows will ask for a primary card where all sounds will be diverted to.
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in your Audio Properties panel, you can choose what device is used for what- i.e., assign one card to playback and one to record and MIDI. Then check 'use preferred devices only'- this will let you have multiple sound cards installed (You can also set up a Hardware Profile, if you wanted).
You can't actually use both of them simultaneously, though. I've tried a few times, and I've never gotten it to work right. Either the first card is the one all my programs use, or both sound cards refuse to work right. I believe the problem lies with DirectX only supporting one device at a time- could be wrong about that, tho.
This was with win98- haven't tried it under anything newer yet.
Nice avatar, BTW!
You can't actually use both of them simultaneously, though. I've tried a few times, and I've never gotten it to work right. Either the first card is the one all my programs use, or both sound cards refuse to work right. I believe the problem lies with DirectX only supporting one device at a time- could be wrong about that, tho.
This was with win98- haven't tried it under anything newer yet.
Nice avatar, BTW!
