Yikes!! I am just not smart enough to know if the sound card is built in or not. I have BeLarc Advisor and it says the Main Circuit Board is Intel Corporation D845PESV AAA97671-106 The Serial Number is AZSV30101043 I am running Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 (build 2600) This was as of 12-20-2008. I will run BeLarc again and be sure I am up to date. Under Multimedia it says SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio. There are items under that with lots of numbers and letters for USB Universal Host Controller (two of those). I will be back shortly with a fresh copy of BeLarc. In the meantime have I told you anything you asked for?? Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Strange noise > Can you tell me the make/model of the system or the make/model of the > motherboard? If the sound card is not built into the motherboard, tell me > the name of the sound card instead. > > Peace, > Gman > > http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------