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  • stevo1210
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2006
    • 4156
    • Australia
    #1

    Sound card question

    I'm looking for a new sound card for my brother's system. The board is a Gigabyte MA-880-US3 (i think that's the model). Anyway, we tried a Creative X-Fi PCIe card (came with an MSI board) and it conflicted with in, meaning it would turn off LAN everytime I plugged it in... even in different slots (and this was even before windows booted)... took that card and put it into my main rig and it fired up fine, so I definitely know it's the board and not the card.
    So now I'm looking for a new card but not sure if we should go PCI-e or PCI? Currently looking at the Asus DX and D1 cards. DX is PCIe and D1 is PCI... what shall I buy?
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    • toastygoodness
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jul 2005
      • 813
      • United States
      #2
      Re: Sound card question

      go pci-e x1 if you can fit it in
      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829132006

      if you want pci:
      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829132013

      if you want usb:
      http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Recording.html (i know its an audio interface, but it has decent D/A in it)

      http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Micro_II.html (turtle beach is usually safe...)

      http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Surround.html (usb x-fi shouldn't conflict)


      have you tried just resolving the conflict?

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        • PCBONEZ
          Grumpy Old Fart
          • Aug 2005
          • 10661
          • USA
          #3
          Re: Sound card question

          He's in Australia.

          Try changing the IRQ of the on-board LAN and see if the sound card works then.

          There is no point [advantage] in using PCI-E bandwidth for basic sound.
          - Just use whichever is cheaper.

          Personally I'd use the PCI to leave the PCI-E slot available for something more important later.
          [Like a RAID card or add-in LAN card should the on-board crap out.]
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            • stevo1210
              Badcaps Legend
              • Oct 2006
              • 4156
              • Australia
              #4
              Re: Sound card question

              Well I purchased the Asus Xonar D1 PCI sound card and I'd have to say I'm really happy. Crystal clear sound and no conflicts with devices... but I have a small issue. My front panel header on my case won't work... I plugged it into the header of the new sound card and it doesn't work at all.

              My front panel is an AC'97 and it says it supports it (and also HD Audio), but why won't it work? have I missed a setting somewhere?
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                • toastygoodness
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 813
                  • United States
                  #5
                  Re: Sound card question

                  could be... have you checked the drivers to enable the headers (if any)? otherwise, not sure, unless there's another header. did the front panel work before?

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