I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI slot
it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no sound when
attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are pins for on the
card, one of which I know is for connecting the card to a CD rom, but am I
supposed to also be connecting some wire from the card to the MOBO?

Wilson wrote:

> I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI
> slot it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no
> sound when attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are
> pins for on the card, one of which I know is for connecting the card
> to a CD rom, but am I supposed to also be connecting some wire from
> the card to the MOBO?

You need to install the drivers for the card before you have sound. The
card will have come with a cd and some written installation
instructions. Read them and install the drivers.

Malke
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I should have told you I guess. The card is installed in system properties
with no exclamation point. It says working properly.

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Wilson wrote:
>
>> I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI
>> slot it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no
>> sound when attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are
>> pins for on the card, one of which I know is for connecting the card
>> to a CD rom, but am I supposed to also be connecting some wire from
>> the card to the MOBO?
>
> You need to install the drivers for the card before you have sound. The
> card will have come with a cd and some written installation
> instructions. Read them and install the drivers.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"

/Wilson/ said:

> I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI slot
> it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no sound when
> attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are pins for on the
> card, one of which I know is for connecting the card to a CD rom, but am I
> supposed to also be connecting some wire from the card to the MOBO?

In Control Panel|Sounds and Audio Devices, under the AUDIO tab, verify that
the default device is your soundcard.

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Well, I uninstalled my new ATI radeon video card and removed it from the
MOBO physically and then reinstalled the sound card. It came right up with
no problems at all. I had noticed that the new video card installed several
things under the Sound Properties in Windows Device Properties.

I will now try to reinstall the video card now that I have the sound card
working right. But I think I am going to have to get a less demanding video
card. This ATI radeon x800 256 bit is probably not going to work well with
my old Asus MOBO.


"Wilson" <StopTheViolence@hurtme.com> wrote in message
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>I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI slot
>it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no sound when
>attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are pins for on the
>card, one of which I know is for connecting the card to a CD rom, but am I
>supposed to also be connecting some wire from the card to the MOBO?
>

Some of the older motherboards will have conflicts in what each PCI card is
using. Sometimes you can't use PCI 1 and 2 or 2 and 3, etc. Just try
swapping the cards into differnt slots. The motherboard manual should have
exclusions.

"Wilson" <StopTheViolence@hurtme.com> wrote in message
news:O0Vfu%23r$FHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Well, I uninstalled my new ATI radeon video card and removed it from the
> MOBO physically and then reinstalled the sound card. It came right up with
> no problems at all. I had noticed that the new video card installed
> several things under the Sound Properties in Windows Device Properties.
>
> I will now try to reinstall the video card now that I have the sound card
> working right. But I think I am going to have to get a less demanding
> video card. This ATI radeon x800 256 bit is probably not going to work
> well with my old Asus MOBO.
>
>
> "Wilson" <StopTheViolence@hurtme.com> wrote in message
> news:ui8y4Vq$FHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI
>>slot it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no sound
>>when attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are pins for on
>>the card, one of which I know is for connecting the card to a CD rom, but
>>am I supposed to also be connecting some wire from the card to the MOBO?
>>
>
>

On 11/12/2005 "Wilson" <StopTheViolence@hurtme.com> wrote:
>I just installed a Creative Labs Live card. I thought being in the PCI slot
>it would have sound immediately upon being installed. I have no sound when
>attempting to play music off the HDD. I notice there are pins for on the
>card, one of which I know is for connecting the card to a CD rom, but am I
>supposed to also be connecting some wire from the card to the MOBO?
>
>

Digital audio is supposed to be sent over the PCI bus.
Analog audio is sent over the audio cable connected to the CD Rom.

You need to correctly install the drivers.

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