Using Modem + Sound Card = Blue Screen of Death

**Tran** · 02-03-2007, 10:49

It only recognized my sound card with fresh driver (the one in CD that came with the box), but once I updated it with drivers (I mean every available driver related to my Sound Blaster Audigy) from Creative website, it suddenly didn't recognize my sound card at all! No matter how many times I reboot, it looked like they had amnesia or something. Worse, my modem BSOD problem still exist. I read that some folks on other tech support forum have similiar problem and had no solution too.

Anyway, here's info about my sound card driver (I got it from Device Manager):

Driver Provider: CREATIVE
Driver Date : 7/8/2005
Driver Version : 5.12.1.512
Driver Signer : Microsoft Windows Hardware......(you know the rest)

Note that it was fresh driver from CD

**caravel** · 02-03-2007, 11:57

Can you remove the card from your system and try to identify the exact model, revision etc by googling the part number on the card?

**Tran** · 02-04-2007, 10:44

Originally Posted by Caravel

Can you remove the card from your system and try to identify the exact model, revision etc by googling the part number on the card?

I might be able to do that few days later when I get in touch with my PC. BTW, I don't know how's revision and part number can help?? Maybe you could be more explicit on this?

**caravel** · 02-04-2007, 22:54

The revision and part number will help to discern, via a google search, if anyone else has had similar problem with that exact board. This can save alot of time. It also ensure that you are downloading the correct driver, which as you've been having problems with drivers is another issue.

**BDC** · 02-07-2007, 12:42

Power supply issues maybe?

**caravel** · 02-07-2007, 13:15

I can't imagine it would be a power issue. The amount of power consumed by a 56k internal pci windmodem is negligible. Soundcards aren't big power hogs either. The biggest consumers are usually your Graphics card, SDRAM, HDD's and of course the CPU itself.

What's the latest with this Tran?

**Tran** · 02-14-2007, 12:47

Okay I am a loss here, there are lots of numbers here on the modem card, so I guess I'll just post every numbers that are listed and maybe you can help me identify which one is the important numbers and perhaps offer a fresh solution

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