Curse

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 01, 2006, 10:41 PM // 22:41

solve one prob get another.

okay, so i disabled my game port for the new sound card and the mic isn't working. the prob seems to be that the green port in the back is for the music and somehow also the mic. there are four ports, red,green,black, and blue. the blue one has the mic/sound symbol next to it but it doesnt seem to work. the black and red one also has the sound symbol and the speakers doesnt seem to work on them.

Matsumi · Jun 01, 2006, 11:13 PM // 23:13

Yikes... even if you got a temporary sound card to use until you surgically remove the pin out of the port, your speaker connector cable is kind of worthless now too. Unless you would like to try patching it with a connector that matches the broken one, and splice the wires, electrical tape, etc.

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 01, 2006, 11:34 PM // 23:34

o, i bought a usb speaker thinking that is would use the usb instead of the sound port, guess i was wrong,

so would a sound card solve my problem?

Josh · Jun 02, 2006, 01:03 AM // 01:03

A sound card would yes.

I recently (few weeks ago) broke my own onboard motherboard sound, so I bought a PCI Sound Card and honestly, it is well worth it, obviously it gives you connectors for Speakers, Headsets, etc etc...but also, the new sound is amazing! It'll amaze you how much better sound quality is.

Not only does it sound better, but having a separate sound card takes of load from your CPU, as with onboard, onboard sound has to use CPU Cycles to process sound. With an onboard dedicated sound card, it has it's own memory, processes etc without touching the CPU to process cycles and sound/audio!

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 02, 2006, 02:25 AM // 02:25

nice, does the card only need a pci slot or are there any other reqs for it?

also, would any sound card due since i'm only interested in another port not the best quality as i was fine with the original quality.

Loviatar · Jun 02, 2006, 03:00 AM // 03:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autumn_Leaf

nice, does the card only need a pci slot or are there any other reqs for it?

also, would any sound card due since i'm only interested in another port not the best quality as i was fine with the original quality.

pci slot is fine.

get a soundblaster in the price range you are ok with.

i can hear cries of outrage but my soundblaster live value card from maybe 7/8 years agostill sounds great and was less than 100 when i got it back then.

here is one from newegg which is much better than mine at 33 bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102176

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 02, 2006, 03:29 AM // 03:29

i have to say thank you for all the help, i'll try to find one at my local target/circuit city first then at eggy

again thanks for the quick and helpful responses.

Tachyon · Jun 02, 2006, 04:43 PM // 16:43

Just remember that when you've installed your new soundcard you have to disable onboard sound. Or at least check to see if it's been automatically disabled.

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 02, 2006, 11:38 PM // 23:38

well, i bought a soundblaster and its working out pretty well.

i didnt uninstall the onboard and it still works, but how do u uninstall it anyways?

is it the one named standard game port?

also my mic isn't working, can this be because of the new sound card?

okay, so i disabled my game port for the new sound card and the mic isn't working. the prob seems to be that the green port in the back is for the music and somehow also the mic. there are four ports, red,green,black, and blue. the blue one has the mic/sound symbol next to it but it doesnt seem to work. the black and red one also has the sound symbol and the speakers doesnt seem to work on them.

Tachyon · Jun 03, 2006, 04:53 AM // 04:53

I've got an old Sound Blaster PCI128 sitting on my knee now, as far as I can see the green port is Stereo out and the red port is microphone in.

The problem with microphones is that some require a full duplex card, which I'm guessing yours is as the majority of sound blasters are. What you should do is check in the volume panel on your PC, in XP it's here but it's very similar in all windows :-

START > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Volume Control

Make sure that the 'Mute' box under the 'Line In' entry isn't checked or the slider isn't set at 0!

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 03, 2006, 06:45 PM // 18:45

yea, i have no volume panel... i once set my computer in effiency mode, made it horribly basic and looked like the original win95 display so i turned it back into normal settings. the thing is that when i reverted i lost a couple things, one being volume control-thats right the volume control panel. so far i have no problems manipulating it usings winmedia10/realplayer (dont know how that worked, but it did) i also lost ms.paint(poo).

but the last time i had the volume control panel nothing was on mute or 0.
i've also been having probs starting my comp when my speakers are plgged in
i got a usb speaker from aopen and the comp refuses to boot properly when it's plugged in, any thoughts on that as well?

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 05, 2006, 03:16 AM // 03:16

still need help so bump.

Matsumi · Jun 05, 2006, 03:57 AM // 03:57

You shouldn't be using USB speakers if you're using a soundblaster sound card, because I believe USB speakers don't require an AC adapter or sound card at all. What I would do is either fix the end of the cable that your speakers used before, or get new speakers that can plug into the soundblaster card you have. Unless you just want to keep trying to get the USB speakers to work, then you don't even need a sound card supposedly. But since you already bought a soundblaster card, that's kind of a waste of money.

To disable the old soundcard that has the broken jack end in it, click on start, then right click on "my computer" and click properties. Click the hardware tab at the top and select device manager, then find the old sound card listed, right click on it and click disable. Disabling the game port will not disable the sound card, you need to find something like "AC97 audio device" just as an example for the sound card. Reboot with the repaired speaker cable/new speaker cable plugged into the new sound card, and you should be ok. If no sound, there should be a speaker icon by your clock, right click it and click open volume control.

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 05, 2006, 06:48 PM // 18:48

i thought the usb speakers would replace the sound port, but it doesn't. It just uses the usb as a power source from the comp instead of a power adapter, and thats all it still needs to use a sound jack, so i still need the new sound card.

the problem is that vent only reads the sound signals from my speakers and not the mic, which is really weird.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matsumi

Disabling the game port will not disable the sound card, you need to find something like "AC97 audio device" just as an example for the sound card. Reboot with the repaired speaker cable/new speaker cable plugged into the new sound card, and you should be ok. If no sound, there should be a speaker icon by your clock, right click it and click open volume control.

yea theres nothing labeled AC97. my old sound port was apart of the motherboard, and the gameport was the only thing to disabled besides the new sound port. and as I stated above i dont have volume control anymore.

Snograt · Jun 05, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

Just as a side point, "Game Port" is the name of the Joystick connection socket that Creative always put on their Soundcards. Somewhat legacy nowadays, not sure if it's on the newer XFi wondercards, but was on everything up to the SB Live!

On the issue of disabling onboard sound, the place to disable AC97 or equivalent would be the BIOS, not Device Manager.

Keep whacking that Del key while you boot: there WILL be some form of onboard sound that you can (MUST!) disable.

Matsumi · Jun 05, 2006, 09:24 PM // 21:24

True, the BIOS would be a better place to disable the onboard sound, I just didn't know how familiar he is with it.

Xx Invictus xX · Jun 05, 2006, 10:10 PM // 22:10

Can you go........

Start Menu

Control Panel

Systems

Hardware "tab"

Device Manager

isn't it under there where you can disable? not sure...

Autumn_Leaf · Jun 06, 2006, 07:50 PM // 19:50

i disabled the thing going through BIOS and am still having the prob with my mic. i'm attempting to contact customer serivice.

be in touch, prolly hear me again since i have nill luck with sustomer service agents.

Josh · Jun 07, 2006, 05:26 PM // 17:26

Re-installed your Drivers for your Headset?