I installed a new soundcard and its drivers and my
computer detects it in Device Manager but when i try to
play a sound it doesn't work it says that no soundcard is
installed. So i went to Audio/Sounds menu in control panel
and it says that no Audio Device is installed. When i
selected the Hardware tab in Audio Sounds it shows all my
sound devices. But the Volume and Audio tabs don't show
anything. So my question is how do i make it(Sounds/Audio
Menu) detect my soundcard? (Just in case it is a
SoundBlaster 16 PCI card.) Thanks.

Hi, did you have onboard sound before you installed the card. Meaning it
played sound without the card or any other card. If this is the case you
have to go into your bios setting and disable the onboard sound and enable
the soundcard


"Erica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:532d01c37c6e$99a94540$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I installed a new soundcard and its drivers and my
> computer detects it in Device Manager but when i try to
> play a sound it doesn't work it says that no soundcard is
> installed. So i went to Audio/Sounds menu in control panel
> and it says that no Audio Device is installed. When i
> selected the Hardware tab in Audio Sounds it shows all my
> sound devices. But the Volume and Audio tabs don't show
> anything. So my question is how do i make it(Sounds/Audio
> Menu) detect my soundcard? (Just in case it is a
> SoundBlaster 16 PCI card.) Thanks.
>

I had a soundcard before and it stoppped working so i
bought this new one. But i think that my old one is fine
it probably wasn't the soundcard since i am still having
trouble.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, did you have onboard sound before you installed the
card. Meaning it
>played sound without the card or any other card. If this
is the case you
>have to go into your bios setting and disable the onboard
sound and enable
>the soundcard
>
>
>"Erica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:532d01c37c6e$99a94540$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I installed a new soundcard and its drivers and my
>> computer detects it in Device Manager but when i try to
>> play a sound it doesn't work it says that no soundcard
is
>> installed. So i went to Audio/Sounds menu in control
panel
>> and it says that no Audio Device is installed. When i
>> selected the Hardware tab in Audio Sounds it shows all
my
>> sound devices. But the Volume and Audio tabs don't show
>> anything. So my question is how do i make it
(Sounds/Audio
>> Menu) detect my soundcard? (Just in case it is a
>> SoundBlaster 16 PCI card.) Thanks.
>>
>
>
>.
>

I would delete all sound cards shown in device manager and
then reboot, then reinstall the drivers for the new sound
card.

As a last resort, reinstalling windows after formating the
hard drive will almost certainly fix the problem.

dan
>-----Original Message-----
>I had a soundcard before and it stoppped working so i
>bought this new one. But i think that my old one is fine
>it probably wasn't the soundcard since i am still having
>trouble.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi, did you have onboard sound before you installed the
>card. Meaning it
>>played sound without the card or any other card. If this
>is the case you
>>have to go into your bios setting and disable the
onboard
>sound and enable
>>the soundcard
>>
>>
>>"Erica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:532d01c37c6e$99a94540$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I installed a new soundcard and its drivers and my
>>> computer detects it in Device Manager but when i try to
>>> play a sound it doesn't work it says that no soundcard
>is
>>> installed. So i went to Audio/Sounds menu in control
>panel
>>> and it says that no Audio Device is installed. When i
>>> selected the Hardware tab in Audio Sounds it shows all
>my
>>> sound devices. But the Volume and Audio tabs don't show
>>> anything. So my question is how do i make it
>(Sounds/Audio
>>> Menu) detect my soundcard? (Just in case it is a
>>> SoundBlaster 16 PCI card.) Thanks.
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>