Sound card problem

[bizzertdog]

After re-installing my whole system following hard disc failure, I can't get
sound card re-installed.

System is an ASUS motherboard with Windows XP home (fully updated) and the
card is a Creative Audigy SB. Problem is that although apparently correctly
installed, I get no sound output. Looking into the card in Device Manager,
all looks OK exept that the IRQ setting is 17 and I believe the BIOS only
allows 0 to 15.

Stangely if I uninstall the card and restart, it all installs fine and the
card works (even with IRQ 17), but on restart the problem recurrs. I have
tried going into BIOS and setting the card slot at 15, but this doesn't help.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Don Phillipson]

After re-installing my whole system following hard disc failure, I can't get
sound card re-installed.

System is an ASUS motherboard with Windows XP home (fully updated) and the
card is a Creative Audigy SB. Problem is that although apparently correctly
installed, I get no sound output. Looking into the card in Device Manager,
all looks OK exept that the IRQ setting is 17 and I believe the BIOS only
allows 0 to 15.

Stangely if I uninstall the card and restart, it all installs fine and the
card works (even with IRQ 17), but on restart the problem recurrs. I have
tried going into BIOS and setting the card slot at 15, but this doesn't help.

Any advice would be appreciated.

All or most ASUS motherboards have Sound on Board, don't
they? The OP did not specify here that he deactivated SoB in
BIOS before installing the Audigy card.

 

[Rich Barry]

If it's a PCI Card try a different PCI Slot.

 

[smlunatick]

After re-installing my whole system following hard disc failure, I can't get
sound card re-installed.

System is an ASUS motherboard with Windows XP home (fully updated) and the
card is a Creative Audigy SB. Problem is that although apparently correctly
installed, I get no sound output. Looking into the card in Device Manager,
all looks OK exept that the IRQ setting is 17 and I believe the BIOS only
allows 0 to 15.

Stangely if I uninstall the card and restart, it all installs fine and the
card works (even with IRQ 17), but on restart the problem recurrs. I have
tried going into BIOS and setting the card slot at 15, but this doesn't help.

Any advice would be appreciated.

ACPI "bioses" can have IRQs greater than 15.