No sound at all after windows re-install. Both x-fi and onboard

[Narius]

Well i just re-installed Windows XP home and now for some reason my sound doesnt work. my computer doesnt even recognize my x-fi xtrememusic and even though i have got my onboard sound drivers installed i dont get any sound out.. I dont get it. Does anyone know of a way to fix it? Please help. And thanks!

also my motherboard is a msi neo4-f

i really want my x-fi to work but id be happy for a little bit if my onboard was working...

 

[stardrek]

You need to disable your onboard sound in the BIOS. That will permit a PCI-based soundcard to work, such as the X-Fi.

 

[Narius]

yes i have try disabling my onboard sound but my computer wont even recognize that i have my x-fi sound card in my computer!

 

[ForumMaster]

well that's a different problem. try the card in a different computer. try clearing the BIOS without the card.

 

[Narius]

ok ive made progress... at first my computer didnt even recognize that i had the soundcard in the computer... but it recognizes it but wont boot up with it in!!

It says unknown pci device and wont boot.. i dont understand?!

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

won't boot what? the pc won't boot saying that? that sounds like its saying that in the device manager, you should right click that, and go to properties and install the drivers.

 

[stardrek]

Like djmihow said, that sounds like a device manager warning. Are you not able to get into windows, or is windows giving you trouble? Because "It says unknown pci device and won't boot" sounds like you are saying you can get past a POST, but that warning sounds like it comes from the device manager.

 

[Narius]

it will boot it just wont go into windows

 

[Narius]

anybody know how to fix this?

 

[stardrek]

Have you tried booting into safe mode?

Also change the PCI slot you have the card in.

There is also the chance that there is an IRQ conflict, mabye disable unneeded items in the BIOS that could be takeing up IRQs, such as the parallel and serial ports.

 

[Narius]

it wont even go into safe mode.. and how do i view the IRQ stuff?

 

[Narius]

i found the IRQ thing... still no luck.. i just dont get it..

 

[Narius]

well i finally fixed it... i had to flash a new bios and change a setting deep in windows.