Need a Sound Card

[Guest]

Well after a few days and many reinstalls, downgrades, and headaches I'm
pretty sure that the soundcard on the motherboard is fried, broken, or
something else I can't think of. Connceting headphones or speakers through
the back jack gives me no sound at all and if I connect through the fron jack
I only get audio in the left speaker/headphone. So now I guess I'll just have
to go out and buy a soundcard. Now that I have XP again this shouldn't be a
problem right? So any suggestions for basic everyday playback? (Preferably
something I could just go pick up at like best buy or circuit city tommorrow)

 

[Ace]

A simple Soundblaster (Creative) will do.
Remove drivers\devices from Hardware Manager and shutdown before you
attempt to install a new card, and disable the onboard audio in your
computer's BIOS before you boot back into Windows after removing the
driver/devices.

 

[NoConsequence]

Well after a few days and many reinstalls, downgrades, and headaches I'm
pretty sure that the soundcard on the motherboard is fried, broken, or
something else I can't think of. Connceting headphones or speakers through
the back jack gives me no sound at all and if I connect through the fron jack
I only get audio in the left speaker/headphone. So now I guess I'll just have
to go out and buy a soundcard. Now that I have XP again this shouldn't be a
problem right? So any suggestions for basic everyday playback? (Preferably
something I could just go pick up at like best buy or circuit city tommorrow)

My suggestion is you do your research and find what you WANT and can
AFFORD.

Your post has nothing to do with the OS, so ask in a hardware group.