would it be worth upgrading my gen 1 to the gen 2?
gen 1 : http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FX/
gen 2 : http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FX_R20/
i cant really tell the difference
i need a little more info so 2 mics or 1?
for 2 or more different sound outputs?
with a splitter just use the mic you want it will work but dont use both feed back etc
this may see odd but try the new card in another pc to see if it's your mobo not supporting the card, also this will test to see if it's a DOA
and test you pci slot to see if its damaged
got a old pc with a drive try that drive with the old sata cable
test to see if its the cables
if not thin test port on the mobo chage witch sata port it's plugged in to
also if it was your ram your pc would most liky not even boot or <POST>
try to install a generic driver form windows
unstall drivers -> Control Panel -> HardWare -> Device Manager -> Find your device -> Rclick update driver sofware -> click Browse ->pick from list ->find the generic realtret hd driver ->install
all options will be under the controll pannel if...
try defrag puts a good load on drives if thir going to fail it will be thin <test drive>
try to see if os is courtped boot in to os's revory partion and see if u get that same error.<test os>
make sure PSU is giving enougf power
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp