Can I use onboard sound plus a sound card at the same time?

[Old Bugger]

Can I attach my front audio connectors to the onboard sound on my A8V and still use my Audigy sound card to
power my speakers or does the presence of a sound card automatically over ride the onboard sound?

Thanks

 

[milleron]

Can I attach my front audio connectors to the onboard sound on my A8V and still use my Audigy sound card to
power my speakers or does the presence of a sound card automatically over ride the onboard sound?

Thanks

The onboard sound should be disabled in order to use the Audigy.

Windows, any version, can use only one sound playback and recording
device at a time.

My Audigy's four years old, so there might have been something new,
but I don't think Audigy cards have Intel-standard connectors for the
front-panel jacks.

Ron

 

[peterk]

It is possible to use 2 sound cards in a system with the proper settings in
the BIOS.
XP will only use one sound card as the default...but you can get certain
programs to use the non-default sound card if they have the proper
settings.For example you could get the 2nd sound card to play TV if your
capture card is hooked to it and certain settings are changed in XP.
But again only one card will work at a time...so you cannot hook speakers to
both and expect to get quadraphonic sound
peterk