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    Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane
    Insert the card in an empty PCI slot, attach the cables that's in the sound card package. (I remember two cables where at least one is attached to the DVD player).
    Disable the onboard soundcard (I remember jumpers on the motherboard) by following the instructions in the motherboard manual.
    Install sound device drivers.

    That should be all (if I remember it correctly).
    You can usually disable the motherboard sound from the BIOS these days.

    One thing to check when doing this: verify that the IRQs aren't shared after changing your setup. I put in a sound card once, disabled the onboard sound, and ended up with the sound card sharing the networking IRQ. Vista has nothing on that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by drone
    You can usually disable the motherboard sound from the BIOS these days.

    One thing to check when doing this: verify that the IRQs aren't shared after changing your setup. I put in a sound card once, disabled the onboard sound, and ended up with the sound card sharing the networking IRQ. Vista has nothing on that!
    Yes I remember this too... I think information about this can be found in the Mobo manual as well.
    E.g. slot one and three share IRQ.

    It has been a while since I built a machine and I guess it is about time to get a serious upgrade myself.
    Husar and Bijo has introduced me to the game World in Conflict... All though I am not supposed to game I am just too tempted to let this one go. I have no hardware that will do this game justice though, but can't justify upgrading just for a game.
    I haven't done a desktop since 2002. I am all laptop these days and the 2002 machine still runs ok though somewhat slow due to accumulated applications and whatnot. I just need another excuse for spending about 1500 EUR on a new machine.
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    Default Re: Final Parts Check

    Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane
    Yes I remember this too... I think information about this can be found in the Mobo manual as well.
    E.g. slot one and three share IRQ.

    It has been a while since I built a machine and I guess it is about time to get a serious upgrade myself.
    Husar and Bijo has introduced me to the game World in Conflict... All though I am not supposed to game I am just too tempted to let this one go. I have no hardware that will do this game justice though, but can't justify upgrading just for a game.
    I haven't done a desktop since 2002. I am all laptop these days and the 2002 machine still runs ok though somewhat slow due to accumulated applications and whatnot. I just need another excuse for spending about 1500 EUR on a new machine.
    WiC is a good excuse. I don't remember however that I introduced this game to you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bijo
    WiC is a good excuse. I don't remember however that I introduced this game to you.
    Oh.. I have been reading your thread in the Arena.
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    Default Re: Final Parts Check

    I ordered half the parts today, they'll be here in about 2-3 days according to the website, but I'm used to things coming in a week or two. Maybe this company will be a bit better in that respect.

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    I got the first shipment today, and the next one should be here in a couple of days. I'll probably have the PC built over the weekend, and have everything reinstalled and copied from my old PC by next Tuesday.

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