SOLVED - Need help with GTX 750 TI

[aaronking]

Just purchased an EVGA GTX 750 TI from newegg for $129 to upgrade from an HD 6670.

Card arrived today, and after many frustrating hours, I am resigning myself to the fact the there is a hardware compatibility issue between the GTX 750 and my audio card (E-mu 0404 USB).

The GTX works great as long as the audio card driver is not installed or the audio card is not connected. Essentially, when the audio card is running the PC freezes every time it tries to process/pass audio. The audio card has been working flawlessly with the HD 6670.

I have tried the following:

Update Mobo Bios
Install various Nvidia drivers (Graphics only)
Re-install windows
Disable on board audio in bios

Nothing is working.

Any suggestions?

If I can't resolve this, am I going to have the same problem with all newer Nvidia cards?

This sucks...

 

[DaveSimmons]

Are there any options in device manager to disable nvidia's audio support?

- Install nvidia drivers
- Disable nividia audio hardware in device manager
- Set the default audio to motherboard's sound chip
- Install E-mu

 

[Blue_Max]

It's USB... I'd unplug it when installing the nVidia drivers, disable nVidia audio (optional) then re-plug the audio gadget.

You sure it's a compatibility problem with an error screen, or do you just no longer hear audio? It's possible the default audio device is all that changed.

 

[aaronking]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have tried both, but still no luck.

The PC freezes every time it tries to play/pass audio.

I will try EVGA support one more time, but I am afraid this is not going to work.

I assume I will have the same problem with other Nvidia cards/drivers?

 

[Blue_Max]

Try going back to the Radeon to see if the audio problems disappear.

Sometimes hardware incompatibilities just happen, though I find such critical ones to be rare.

(An alternative low-power video card upgrade might be the Radeon 7750, 7770, 7790...)

 

[aaronking]

Okay...it is often the simplest thing. Apparently my mobo doesn't like the audio card being plugged into certain USB slots. I had pulled everything when I installed the video card, and must have plugged the audio card into a different slot. Anyway, problem solved.

Thanks for the help.