Audio driver issues

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Troy Bruder

I'm running XP Pro. I used to have a SoundBlaster 16 card. I then changed
motherboards and the new one included onboard HD audio so I no longer need
the SB16 drivers.

I performed a "repair install" of XP, and everything is working PERFECTLY
with the exception of audio. Although I delted the actual sb16 drivers from
my disk, I still seem to have references to the SB in the registry.

Is there a way to competely blow away any audio configuration and let
everything re-detect from scratch without having to do a fresh
installation????

Thanks,
Troy
 
Troy said:
I'm running XP Pro. I used to have a SoundBlaster 16 card. I then changed
motherboards and the new one included onboard HD audio so I no longer need
the SB16 drivers.

I performed a "repair install" of XP, and everything is working PERFECTLY
with the exception of audio. Although I delted the actual sb16 drivers from
my disk, I still seem to have references to the SB in the registry.

Is there a way to competely blow away any audio configuration and let
everything re-detect from scratch without having to do a fresh
installation????

Thanks,
Troy
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The way to remove sound card drivers is from Device Manager. Right
click My Computer | Properties | Hardware | Device Manager. Expand the
Sound, Video and Game controllers sections. Highlight the entry for
Soundblaster, right click and choose uninstall.
 
You do not have to do a re-install nor a complete "scrub" of hte sound blaster
16 drivers. You need to load the correct HD sound drivers now. These drivers
may not exist in XP and should be found on the motherboard drivers CD.



yeah, didn't work. I still got problems. I'm thinking about reloading XP.
ugh.
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