Question Is running old hardware such as an External Sound Card safe on Windows 10?

[AaronKyle]

Recently I bought an External Digital Sound Card 7.1 and the back of the box says it supports Windows Vista/7/8.

It came works fine and the sound quality is great so I'm assuming that it's fine. It came with a driver DVD which had a folder named "Win10" so maybe they actually updated it and didn't change the box?

When I double clicked on "setup" it started installing Xear audio center but when it downloaded it said "No device detected" despite the sound card working fine. So I uninstalled the Xear driver thing and restarted my PC. So far it works fine.

So, should I do anything else or is this pretty much it?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

If it works all well and good. There's certainly nothing to worry about relating to safety.

 

[AaronKyle]

If it works all well and good. There's certainly nothing to worry about relating to safety.

Thanks for the input. The only thing I've noticed in 10 minutes of using it, is that it's very loud. My speakers are at 6/100 in Windows and they're usually at 30-40.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Speakers my not be a suitable match for the external audio card's output.

 

[AaronKyle]

Speakers my not be a suitable match for the external audio card's output.

Sorry, let me elaborate. I'm using headphones that are plugged into the Sound Card and my Windows 10 volume in on 6/100. When I would plug them into my PC case headphone port, the volume stays normal at 40/100.

Not an issue, and I'll get used to it.