Intel D945Psn disabling on board sound

[Peter]

I have an Intel D945Psn MOBO with on board sound. Microphone did not
work, so I have decided to get PCI sound card. I am hawing problems
disabling on board sound. If I use BIOS setting to disable sound,
Window XP SR2 will hang after post. Sound card is working fine and I
have my microphone back, but message about found hardware is popping
out every boot.
Any one had same issues with the Intel card?

Peter Simek

 

[Guest]

I'd suggest first disabling the sound card in the Device Manager of Windows
XP. Do not uninstall it, as it will attempt to reinstall during the next
boot.

Then, disable it in the BIOS. This should prevent the problems that you're
having (and should allow you to install the new sound card without any
problems also).

- John

 

[Peter]

I did disable the sound in the manager as was suggested.

But I still can not disable it in the BIOS. Boot process will not pass
the POST.
I have latest BIOS update. Any other suggestions?
As for the board. This is the first Intel MOBO I am installing and
probably the last one. I newer had problems with ASUS boards. Support
from ASUS is also better.

Peter

 

[Admiral Q]

I did disable the sound in the manager as was suggested.

But I still can not disable it in the BIOS. Boot process will not pass
the POST.
I have latest BIOS update. Any other suggestions?
As for the board. This is the first Intel MOBO I am installing and
probably the last one. I newer had problems with ASUS boards. Support
from ASUS is also better.

Peter

After you disabled it in Device Manager, did you try "uninstalling it from
windows, before rebooting", then as you reboot, before it tries to boot
windows, enter the BIOS and disable the onboard sound card" - it shouldn't
hang up then and just use the PCI Card alone - the other option is disable
the onboard sound card, reboot using the WinXP CD and do a "repair install",
thus Windows won't detect it since it is disabled and should only install
or try to install the PCI sound card instead. Then as needed install the
drivers for the PCI Card.

 

[Peter]

After you disabled it in Device Manager, did you try "uninstalling it from
windows, before rebooting", then as you reboot, before it tries to boot
windows, enter the BIOS and disable the onboard sound card" - it shouldn't
hang up then and just use the PCI Card alone - the other option is disable
the onboard sound card, reboot using the WinXP CD and do a "repair install",
thus Windows won't detect it since it is disabled and should only install
or try to install the PCI sound card instead. Then as needed install the
drivers for the PCI Card.

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Done what you suggested. System halts after memory check. This must be
bad board, since I was not able to use the microphone.

Last sing I will do is update the chip software. But I do not see any
improvements.

Thanks Peter Siemk

 

[mrdubug]

The microphone issue is common on any D945PSN board. The front panel
microphone jacks work fine, it's just the rear ones that are whacked
and create static to the point where you cannot hear anything coming
from the microphone.

rm