Hi there gene, tell the tech guy to go in the bios, tell them to set the on board sound card to on, there's a switch in here that says on, off, and automatic, tell them to set it to on, then you'll not loose the on board sound card when you fit one in to the PCI slot.. Regards Chris Cant.. At 12:19 16/03/2005, you wrote: >Every time I talked to a hardware support dept about this they stated that >the installation of a third party card would automatically shut down the on >board and disable it. > >Gene > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ricque" <ricque@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:03 AM >Subject: Re: Two sound cards > > > > Hi Gene, > > Why would the on-board soundcard not be active? > > Unless you disable it, it should still work no matter how many other > > soundcards you have installed, > > provided you have the IRQ's to support them. > > Ricque > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gene" <guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:40 AM > > Subject: Two sound cards > > > > > > Interesting development... I have a Sony desktop with a Creative Audigy > > SP2 > > sound card. The interesting thing is that the original on board sound card > > is still completely active. I thought that wasn't supposed to happen. Has > > anyone else found this? > > > > Gene > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > the > > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact > > the > > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >-- >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. >Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > >If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or >the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather >contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >____________________________________________________________________________ >This email and all attachments have been electronically scanned by Kingston >Communications' email Anti-Virus service and no known viruses were detected. >____________________________________________________________________________ Would you like to join us in our new access group? are you a beginner and just learning access technology? Are you an access trainer? Can you help us here, Would help and a good friendship group suit your needs? Then come and join us, speak to us in a voice chat environment? Give help and receive it too, come one come all help is just a voice chat room away on www.tafn.org.uk with our ventrilo service Regards Chris Cant Chair Of the accessible friends network. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx