It won't work because there is no driver for it. You need to go to the motherboard manufacturer's website (i'm assuming you have onboard chip) and download the sound driver for the motherboard model. Also, why are you formatting 2x per week? Does it work at all? When does it stop working? Spontaneously? Immediatelly after a software install? Long time after software install? If you want an answer you have to be specific, and provide as many details as possible about what is causing the issue, when, and on what kind of hardware. Not just: "I have a computer and it restarts, I don't know what to do you guyz!" More specific? .__. Okay, i turn it of at night at about 10-11pm Next morning i try and turn it on, and it constantly restarts when it gets to the windows loading screen. Thats all there is too it.