Soundcard

I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a
Realtek ac97 sound chip built in. I upgraded to a
SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both options produce
poor sound, along with clicking, popping, and radio
frequency interference from the wireless mouse and
keyboard.
My understanding is that PCI is an old standard that is
being phased out in favor of PCI express. Has anyone
had any luck using a PCIE soundcard ? or maybe a usb
sound device ? I have Vista 64bit.

Please help me to understand what options I might have.
Thanks
Mike

In article <48544e6d$0$31746$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, Mike Nelson
says...
> I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a
> Realtek ac97 sound chip built in. I upgraded to a
> SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both options produce
> poor sound, along with clicking, popping, and radio
> frequency interference from the wireless mouse and
> keyboard.
> My understanding is that PCI is an old standard that is
> being phased out in favor of PCI express. Has anyone
> had any luck using a PCIE soundcard ? or maybe a usb
> sound device ? I have Vista 64bit.
>
If you're getting that with the Audigy, it suggests it is being picked
up by the speaker cables.

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

One option:

After having trouble with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi card under Vista 64
through a couple of sets of driver updates, I gave up. My current card is
this one, still PCI:

http://www.htomega.com/striker.html

It has worked perfectly for me. (I don't use most of its advanced features.)
I like that it includes a header for front panel audio, but I seldom use it.

HTH.

Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"Mike Nelson" <mike@rocket.org> wrote in message
news:48544e6d$0$31746$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a Realtek ac97 sound chip built
>in. I upgraded to a
> SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both options produce poor sound, along with
> clicking, popping, and radio frequency interference from the wireless
> mouse and keyboard. My understanding is that PCI is an old standard that
> is
> being phased out in favor of PCI express. Has anyone had any luck using a
> PCIE soundcard ? or maybe a usb
> sound device ? I have Vista 64bit.
>
> Please help me to understand what options I might have.
> Thanks Mike

"Mike Nelson" <mike@rocket.org> wrote:

> I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a Realtek ac97 sound
> chip built in. I upgraded to a SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both
> options produce poor sound, along with clicking, popping, and
> radio frequency interference from the wireless mouse and keyboard.

If you are talking about using a microphone...

> or maybe a usb sound device ?

....then yes, a USB microphone can help solve noise problems.






--
My in-line street skates.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27532210@N04/2565924423/

Currently filtering out most Google Groups posts/branches.

Mike Nelson wrote:
> I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a
> Realtek ac97 sound chip built in. I upgraded to a
> SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both options produce
> poor sound, along with clicking, popping, and radio
> frequency interference from the wireless mouse and
> keyboard.
> My understanding is that PCI is an old standard that is
> being phased out in favor of PCI express. Has anyone
> had any luck using a PCIE soundcard ? or maybe a usb
> sound device ? I have Vista 64bit.
>
> Please help me to understand what options I might have.
> Thanks
> Mike

Did you disable the on-board sound chip and uninstall the drivers before
you installed the SBA?

It is a known fact that Vista 64 bit version drivers tend to be unstable
with Soundblaster cards.

--
--DaveW
"Mike Nelson" <mike@rocket.org> wrote in message
news:48544e6d$0$31746$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a Realtek ac97 sound chip built
>in. I upgraded to a
> SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both options produce poor sound, along with
> clicking, popping, and radio frequency interference from the wireless
> mouse and keyboard. My understanding is that PCI is an old standard that
> is
> being phased out in favor of PCI express. Has anyone had any luck using a
> PCIE soundcard ? or maybe a usb
> sound device ? I have Vista 64bit.
>
> Please help me to understand what options I might have.
> Thanks Mike

On Jun 14, 7:04*pm, "Mike Nelson" <m...@rocket.org> wrote:
> I have an Asus A8n32sli dlx mainboard with a
> Realtek ac97 sound chip built in. I upgraded to a
> SoundBlaster Audigy (PCI slot) Both options produce
> poor sound, along with clicking, popping, and radio
> frequency interference from the wireless mouse and
> keyboard.
> My understanding is that PCI is an old standard that is
> being phased out in favor of PCI express. Has anyone
> had any luck using a PCIE soundcard ? or maybe a usb
> sound device ? I have Vista 64bit.
>
> Please help me to understand what options I might have.
> Thanks
> Mike *

I love the onboard audio of my Gigabyte P35-DS3R motherboard. I no
longer use soundcards. And I use music creating apps like Reason. I'm
happy.