Do I need a new sound card?

[dbuttcheek69]

i have my rig hooked up to my home theater reciever. im using ASUS onboard audio, and recently I've been getting a lot of static.
i have all gold connections, so i know thats not the problem. speakers are ok, wires are all ok...
could it be that i should get a sound card? are there any benefits over onboard?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Does it just give you static when the comptuer is the source?

If so, an AV-710 with digital optical connection should give you a very nice interference free connection.

Do you have it set up now with 1/8" to RCA adapters to a 6 channel direct input now?

 

[dbuttcheek69]

no im just using a headphone adapter right now plugged into the green speaker port with RCA connectors at the other end going into my reciever

thanks alot man its people like you who really make anandtech a great place to post and get help

 

[DrCrap]

I don't know if this helps, but I used to have issues with my o/b sound-card after changing video-card, it turned out I had some driver conflicts.
If you recently installed somthing new, look for conflicting drivers.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Do you still get static if you hook something else up to it?

(Like a portable cd player attached to the input instead of the computer?)

 

[dbuttcheek69]

yeah but hardly anything and only when i turn it up real loud

im pretty sure its my onboard sound

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Do you have all the stuff muted that you're not using? (line-in etc.)

EDIT: on the sound card options I mean

 

[dbuttcheek69]

like what?

im not sure what you mean

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

In the windows volume control, there should be options to mute line-in and other things. If your line-in isn't muted, it may be causing statid.

(go to control panel and sounds and then advanced)