Sound card questions.

I want to use 2 sound cards in my p.c, 1 is the onboard realtec ac97 and the other is an external 24 bit creative live.

I want to use the onboard for a set of 2.1 speakers and the creative external for a set of 5.1 speakers.

1.will i have issues with drivers if i have 2 sound cards installed?

2.Will i be able to switch between witch soundcard i'm using for the output?
i.e switch between 2.1 and 5.1


Thank you.

 

1. u might have issues
2. you can providing the onboard sound doesnt clash/interfere with the creative soundcard

 

Do you think i could put a splitter into the external for both sets of speakers?

 

I installed the new external and i uninstalled the old one but everytime i restart the p.c it tries to reinstall the onboard how do i stop it from trying to reinstall the onboard?

 

u need to disable the onboard sound in the BIOS....

 

Do you think that will also cure this problem?

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=106818


Thank you.

 

well thats one way of doing it yea...other way is the BIOS...