[RESOLVED] Removing Motherboard Built In Sound Drivers

[pipercub]

Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
1 Gb ram
Pentium 4 2.66 cpu
Intel Springdale chipset
video Radeon 7500

I want to disable the built in sound on the motherboard and use a Soundblaster card. When I go to System=hardware=device manager under Sound video and game controllers I get
Audio Codecs
Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM)
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy video capture devices
M audio MIDISPORT 2x2 anniversary Edition
media control devices
realtec AC'97 audio
video codecs

Which ones do I eliminate and how do I do it?

Thanks

[photolady]

None. If you want to remove the drivers first, go to Add/Remove in the control panel and uninstall the driver from there. Shut your computer down, install new card, boot up and install the drivers. But usually if you place a standalone sound card in the computer it will turn off the onboard. Then you just install the drivers for the new card. If it doesn't it has to be turned off in the BIOS/Setup, not in Windows.

The onboard driver would be Realtek AC'97.

[SuperSparks]

Disable the onboard sound in the BIOS. You'll find it under "Integrated peripherals", or similar.

I'm not 100% sure about XP, but Vista and Win7 are perfectly happy to have more than one sound card installed, so you probably don't need to disable the onboard at all if you don't want to.

[pipercub]

Thanks for the replies!

So I installed the soundcard and loaded the drivers. I had sound. Then, I turned the computer off and turned it back on. I got about 1 second of sound and nothing. In systems it said everything for the soundcard was working. I deleted Realtec AC'97 and uninstalled the soundcard in "system". I went into the BIOS and disabled the "Integrated peripherals" I turned on the computer and the files for the soundcard loaded and I had sound. I turned off the computer and turned it back on again and had about 1 second of sound. Realtec AC'97 is not listed but the soundcard is and it says all is well. I checked to make sure nothing was muted.

[SuperSparks]

Go to Control Panel>Sound and Audio Devices, and in the Audio tab, make sure that the sound card is selected as the default device.

[pipercub]

The soundcard is selected in all three places. Still no sound unless I reinstall the files.

[Train]

Sound like something is corrupted.

Go into safe mode, device manager and remove all instances of the sound card.
Reboot to Normal Windows and the OS should pick up the new hardware and install the drivers. Now test the sound.

[pipercub]

I have sound!
I won't go into what didn't work but what did. I took out the soundcard and found out which one I have. Then I went to Creatives home page and went to the card I had which is not being made anymore. I downloaded the driver file "2.18.0011" and it went to a screen called "Creative Software Auto Updates" and it took about a half hour to run. I had sound. So I turned off the computer and turned it back on and still had sound! Being the pessimist I am I turned the computer off then on and still had sound! I think it is fixed! Thanks for the help!

[Train]

Good news, now burn that driver to a cd against future need.