You problably shouldn't mention to rehab about the need of putting in a new sound card unless she is using it for the specific purpose they gave her the computer. she can make her own changes but rehab prefers not knowing about personal usage. for example, if this is for school then she would have to justify how a better card would enhance what she is doing with class work. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam Drake To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:32 PM Subject: RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card
We'll have to call and tell her the news isn't good with this card. I hope she can find a suitable alternative. Thanks to all for your help. Pam -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:06 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Hello Pam, I do a lot of recording with my computer, the SOUND MAX sound card is not a good sound card at all. This is one of the mane draw backs of sound cards that are built in to mother boards of computers, you can't monitor anything that's going through them. Your best bet, is a SOUND BLASTER sound card. Maybe someone at the rehab center could install it for her. My best regards! John. PS. Where in Florida are you? -----Original Message ----- From: "Pam Drake" <pamdr...@drakelroy.com> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:09 AM Subject: RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card > John, > > Just so I understand, this card won't work for simple VOIP? Seems > hard to believe there wouldn't be some way around it. Dave had been > hoping the person at Wal-Mart might have had the jacks mis-wired. > This lady knows nothing of computers, so he couldn't test his theory > without her moving cords, which she didn't seem to want to do. > We > were trying to help out after she was unable to get into the chat on > the ACB Radio Tuesday Topics show in the ACB Radio Politics Room with > Talkcom. We probably should say she's an acquaintance, and all we > know is what we know. <sigh> Please understand I'm not doubting you, > but rather our possible inability to communicate that the lady simply > wants to work VOIP. Or is this what you mean by "monitoring live > chats"? > > I think maybe it's time to suggest someone go over and check it out > hands on. If there's no way around the issue it will be up to her > whether she wants to invest in a sound card, as it appears she > received the computer under the auspices of Florida rehab. <sigh> > -----Original Message----- > > Pam > > > > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org > [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:43 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card > > Hello Pam, > No, I have tried and couldn't do it with SOUND MAX: I couldn't get it > to work for me either. > So I installed an internal sound card so that I can monitor my > recordings and live chats. > I am so sorry, there is no other way to work around that. > My best regards! > John. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pam Drake" <pamdr...@drakelroy.com> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:56 PM > Subject: RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card > > >> Oh dear! I think that's kind of what we were afraid would be the > case. >> We'll have to talk to our friend. Sheesh! What a pity! She wants >> to > >> participate in ACB Radio's Tuesday Topics and probably other chats. >> Is there any way at all she could at least use this card for that? >> She's a real computer newbie, and may not want to do anything > sophisticated. >> She does hear the beep when pressing the control key but no one can >> hear her. Sheesh! Is this really hopeless as it sounds? >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Pam >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org >> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P >> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:30 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card >> >> Hello Pam, >> SOUND MAX is not a good sound card. >> My DELL system has one in it too as well. >> I don't use mine anymore because you can't monitor the live >> recordings > >> and or live chats. >> She can either use an internal sound card or an external USB sound > card. >> SOUND BLASTER would be a good place to start. >> http://www.soundblaster.com >> is the web address. >> My best regards! >> John. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pam Drake" <pamdr...@drakelroy.com> >> To: <blindt...@yahoogroups.com>; "'PC Audio Discussion List'" >> <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:38 PM >> Subject: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card >> >> >>> Please forgive the cross post, but we are trying to help a young >>> lady > >>> with a sound card we don't know anything about, and are hoping to >>> find >> >>> someone on one of these two lists who might be able to assist. >>> >>> . It is the Soundmax HD Audio card, and came with her Dell desktop >>> computer. She knows little about the machine, but would like to >>> participate in audio chats. >>> >>> We are working by phone and she is in another city/State, so we're >>> flying blind, no pun intended. >>> We have followed all the usual procedures for a Windows sound card, >>> but so far nothing is obvious. We believe the mic is muted, and >>> can't >> >>> figure out how to unmute it. There are two checkboxes whose checked >>> or unchecked status we don't understand, and there appears to be a >>> rear speaker recording capability as well. There appear to be jacks >>> both on the front and rear, and she's not sure which is which. She >>> says the mic was plugged in at Wal-Mart, but she has not attempted >>> to > >>> do anything with it herself. Dave did have her check the mic and >>> uncheck the rear speaker, but this did no good. She had sound >>> coming > >>> out of her speakers, but Dave was able to help her silence it. >>> >>> This is all the information I can offer, so hope it will be enough >>> to > >>> give this lady some help. It appears she received the computer >>> system with little instruction. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Pam Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3703 (20081218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
