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Paladin2000 · 07-23-2004, 03:15 AM

Before installing any external card, you need to disable the internal card first, otherwise it will either create a device conflict or might hang the system.

To "get back" you old onboard soundcard, you need to download the driver, in this case, from HP's website and install the driver. After restarting, the internal soundcard should be able to take control of the media devices.

Or IF WinXP already has a built in sound driver for the internal soundcard, what you need to do is to go to control panel and remove all hardware driver, then restart the PC and hopefully XP will restore or reinstall the drivers back.

Control panel -> System -> Hardware(tab) -> Device Manage (button) -> Sound, video and game controllers

Remove all sound devices and restart PC. If the problem persists, remove all audio codecs as well.

[ 07-23-2004, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ]

07-23-2004, 03:15 AM	#2
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 54 Posts: 1,728	Before installing any external card, you need to disable the internal card first, otherwise it will either create a device conflict or might hang the system. To "get back" you old onboard soundcard, you need to download the driver, in this case, from HP's website and install the driver. After restarting, the internal soundcard should be able to take control of the media devices. Or IF WinXP already has a built in sound driver for the internal soundcard, what you need to do is to go to control panel and remove all hardware driver, then restart the PC and hopefully XP will restore or reinstall the drivers back. Control panel -> System -> Hardware(tab) -> Device Manage (button) -> Sound, video and game controllers Remove all sound devices and restart PC. If the problem persists, remove all audio codecs as well. [ 07-23-2004, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ] __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)