Sound Blaster CT4830

[wsimkus]

Hello,
Can I install a sound blaster card in a HP desktop with a sound card bulit in to the mother board and disable the the built in one?

 

[DelroyMonjo]

RTFM

 

[dontknownotsure]

what he said

 

[gamerk316]

Sure, though you shouldn't need to disable the onboard device. All you really need to do is switch the default output device from the Windows Control Panel, unless there is a driver conflict.

 

[popatim]

Unistall the onboard and Disable it in the pc's bios and free up the resources (IRQ, DMA...) for other devices.

 

[dontknownotsure]

Sure, though you shouldn't need to disable the onboard device. All you really need to do is switch the default output device from the Windows Control Panel, unless there is a driver conflict.

but disabling it save some cpu cycles

 

[gamerk316]

^^ No, it won't. Having it installed and not using it saves NOTHING.

I have 4 seperate sound devices installed right now:
ASUS Xonar Xense
NVIDIA HD Audio Output [from GPU]
Onboard Realtek
Logitech G35 [not using, but still plugged in]