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New Sound Card not working
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Posted by: Sandman1278
so after having all those IRQL problems crashing and what not(which i still have yet to fix :-\) and my four year old soundblaster live value stops working and i figure o well it was old, i treid it on all my PCI slots and it just wouldnt work anymore, my PCI NIC card was working ont he PCI so i figured nothign was wrong with the PCI slots, now i finally get a new Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum hook it up and then when i tried to install it it tells me its not reading the card, i tried it on multiple PCI slots and it doesnt read it, if i hadn't been having these problems i would assume i got a defective card, but idk i was thinking if i flashed my BIOS that would maybe slap my mobo back into shape, but i dont really know how to do that
Posted by: goranpaa
Your PC? Is it pre or home buildt machine?
If you bought the mobo. then you should have a BIOS update / flash tool on the CD, that came with your board.
If it's a pre build? Read this:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1605
Posted by: Sandman1278
no i built it myself, any idea why this would be happenking though?
Posted by: chainlink
The MOBO would be what exactly?
Posted by: Sandman1278
SOYO KT880 Dragon 2
Posted by: goranpaa
Try flashing the BIOS. This will often help when the a new card is'nt recognized.
http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/?language=English
There is a BIOS availiable.
Posted by: Sandman1278
thank you i will try this out, ::crosses fingers::
Posted by: Sandman1278
it appears i already have the newest BIOS, My current version is 4aa1, and that is the same as on the site, it also says Date Released: 2004-09-17, and on my BIOS the copyright date goes to 2004, should i do it anyway?
Posted by: goranpaa
You could always try. But I belive, that it wont matter much. If not your old BIOS is faulty in some way?
And also update the chipset driver.
Posted by: Sandman1278
i downloaded newest chipset drivers, i think i might have had them already but i installed them anyway, and it didnt help, so should i jsut flash the BIOS then even though it seems as if I already have the newest BIOS version?
Posted by: goranpaa
I think, you should contact Soyo and Creative. They might be able to help you?. But I guess that somethings, fishy with that mobo.
Posted by: Sandman1278
FYI Soyo has worst customer service ever! Two guys in an office in India who dont speak english fluently
Posted by: goranpaa
Oh man! Then maybe it is mobo swapping time?
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Try setting your system back to normal speeds. Overclocking may be the culprit. And creative sound cards are quirky like that to subtle changes.
Posted by: thtadthtshldntb
How old is your mobo, try changing the cmos battery
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