At 16:49 8/26/2001 -0400, you wrote:
OK. What is the difference between on-board sound and a sound card?
SW
On-board sound is just an el-cheapo sound card built into the motherboard. They can
almost always be turned off in the BIOS. This is advantageous because
many folk like to upgrade to
Leif Madsen wrote:
Onboard sound isn't really that bad since it doesn't steal any resources.
Quality is sometimes something to be weary of though.
Hmm, on my sons Soyo MB equipped with AC97 sound, it most definitely does
steal resources, i.e, IRQs 'n stuff...
Sound is -ok- on it though.
If I can play an audio cd in Mandrake with the cd player, does this
necessarily that my sound card works or can the cd player play an audio cd
without a properly configured sound card?
Thanks,
SW
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On Sunday 26 August 2001 16:05, you wrote:
If I can play an audio cd in Mandrake with the cd player, does this
necessarily that my sound card works or can the cd player play an audio
cd without a properly configured sound card?
Thanks,
SW
On-board sound is basically your sound card attached to your motherboard. A
sound card is a seperate peice of equipment which typically goes into an
ISA or PCI slot. Onboard sound cannot be removed from the board, but the
card can. You can sometimes disable the onboard sound though (either
On Sunday 26 August 2001 15:28, you wrote:
On Sunday 26 August 2001 16:05, you wrote:
If I can play an audio cd in Mandrake with the cd player, does this
necessarily that my sound card works or can the cd player play an audio
cd without a properly configured sound card?
Thanks,
SW
I have a compaq 5220 . The only thing I really know about the sound is that
it says it has Yamaha XG 128 Voice Wavetable Sound. There is no sound card
recognized in harddrake and I don't get sound on the web or when I play
mpegs, but I can play cd's with the cd player (although the volume
