Problem with sound card

Awhile back, my speakers seemed to stop working ... there was a terrible static kind of sound coming from them. Dummy me, I assumed it was the speakers and bought new ones.

Well, of course, it wasn't the speakers, because the static sound was still there. I then assumed it was the sound card and bought one from Overstock.com.

When I put the sound card in and installed the software, the speakers seemed to work ... or so I thought.

When the computer boots up, I can hear the "Windows Start" sound, and the speakers work for awhile. However, they stop working after a time. If I am playing any kind of video or a game, the sound stops almost immediately.

I have tried re-installing the software, but to no avail.

What could the problem be?

Thanks!

 

Did you have onboard sound before you bought the sound card, what brand soundcard what os are you running and what brand motherboard do you have

 

Yes, I had onboard sound. The sound card is Aureal AU8810. I'm running Windows XP. I'm not sure what brand the motherboard is. I can tell you that the processor is an AMD Athlon XP (something like that ... it runs at 1.49GHz).

 

Did you disable on board sound before installing soundcard this could be a solution to your problem, Do you know how to enter the bios of you computer

 

Here is a link that will tell you alot about you system and probably some info we will need to get you sound card working.It is a favorite of mine and is free.http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php

 

Here is what PCWizard said:

> Mainboard : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6340(VT8363)
> Chipset : VIA KT133
> Processor : AMD Athlon XP @ 1400 MHz
> Physical Memory : 256 MB (1 x 256 SDRAM PC133 @ 133 MHz)
> Video Card : S3 Inc 86C370/7 ProSavage
> Hard Disk : MAXTOR 4K040H2 (40 GB)
> CD-Rom Recorder : TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1102 CDR, CDR-W (32x ) (8x )
> Monitor Type : 17TFT LCD MNT 18 inchs
> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter
> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

Enter the bios buy starting the computer try hitting the delete key and search in on board periphial and look for the onboard sound device hit enter to select it and choose disable and press F10 and yes to save it will reboot your computer see if that helps

 

Here is link to the recent driver for you soundcard. usually the one on the disk you get is out dated,http://soundcard.free-driver-download.com/Aureal/17899/Aureal-AU8810-Sound-Driver-Windows-XP.html

 

I saw an entry "Onboard Legacy Audio" ... I disabled that.

There was another entry for "Soundblaster" that was already disabled ... I didn't change that entry.

I also downloaded the driver from the site you gave me.

The sound is still doing the same thing, though.

 

Try the other two pci slots on your board

 

I only saw the 1 open slot. Did I miss something?

 

do you have the manual too your board i went too msi web site see if you have this on you board it is aaudio jumper called j8

 

do you have one brown slot three white ones what's in the white slots other than the soundcard