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msi k8n neo and x-fi

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Hussain

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First thing first, can somebody tell me how to disable onboard sound on this motherboard. (i know but i just want to double check)

My system specs:

amd 64 3800
msi k8n neo2
ati x850 xt graphic card
512 kingston ram
samsung sata 80gb


So here is my problem:

I placed the card in an empty pci slot and then installed the driver.
Everything worked fine. Then when i restarted my computer, found "new multimedia audio device" pops up. If i
try to install the driver for this "new multimedia audio device", the
driver is not installed through the provided cd.

If i shutdown my computer, swap the pci slot of the card and then reinstall the driver. It starts working fine again. But as soon as i restart my pc, the same thing happens. Please help.
 
Originally posted by: Hussain
First thing first, can somebody tell me how to disable onboard sound on this motherboard. (i know but i just want to double check)
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In BIOS there should be an option to disable it.
 
I didnt have to disable audio in the bios to get my X-fi running.

I would uninstall all the X-Fi card drivers (if any) in Windows Device manager, then reboot. When Windows finds a new device, just close it and install the X-Fi drivers from this link.
Creative Labs X-Fi drivers

I believe the driver above (version 2.09) is what I am running on my pc. This is the driver for the XtremeMusic, Platinum, Fatal1ty, and Elite Pro cards.

Thats all it took for me.
 
After labouring with my x-fi for five days, I stumbled upon the solution just by chance. I did two installs of windows, flashed every bios version available, used all different combination of available motherboard and x-fi driveres and nothing worked and then when i was finally gonna give up hope, i enabled my motherboard onboard audio in bios and and bingo.

Here is what you do. Don't disable sound card in your bios. Simply disable your built in sound card in device manager. Then install your x-fi and the latest drivers from creative site and you are good to go.

Hope this helps for anyone who faces the same problem. Thankyou everyone.
 
Yeah, I didnt have a conflict with my onboard sound and X-Fi card. Both are enabled on my pc.

Glad you got it working!
 
One more thing....sometime clearing cmos by jumper also helps to maintain the x-fi detection for a couple of days.
 
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