my sound card does not work at all

[liugengfan]

i have a soundblaster creative thing with 5.1 you know the one everyone has.....its broken it doesn't work at all like no sound comes out this is so crappy

i switched to integrated sound and it works

what's going on Help Me! be my hero

-jasoN

[Saraband]

u installed the drivers ?

u configured sound and audio settings via control panel ?

u threatened it with an axe ?

[Cartoonite]

i have a soundblaster creative thing with 5.1 you know the one everyone has.....its broken it doesn't work at all like no sound comes out this is so crappy

i switched to integrated sound and it works

what's going on Help Me! be my hero

-jasoN

No one is going to be able to help you unless you can provide us with more specific information. Along with the questions Saraband asked:

• Has this sound card ever worked?
  
• Have you upgraded your hardware since it last worked?
  
• Have you reformated your system since it last worked?
  
• Have you rolled back your system using system restore since it last worked?
  
• You mentioned that you have integrated sound. Have you double-checked to make sure that the speakers are plugged into the ports on the sound card and not the ones on the motherboard when trying to play sound from the speakers?
  
• Some (many, all?) motherboards require you to disable the onboard audio either with jumpers or in the BIOS before you can use a PCI audio card. Have you checked whether this is required by your motherboard and whether or not it has been done?
  
• Have you tried moving the card to another PCI slot?
  
• Have you tried booting the PC with the sound card as the only PCI card installed?
  
• Have you checked in Device Manager to see if there are any errors related to the sound card listed there?
  
• Have you checked to make sure that the master volume isn't muted?
  

And these are just what I can come up with after about 5 minutes. Simply saying something doesn't work doesn't provide any insight whatsoever into the problem. The more specific you can be about the nature of the trouble you are experiencing, the more likely we are to be able to help you.

Or, if you prefer, you can always take Saraband's other suggestion and threaten your card with boardily harm. That is usually a last resort in my books, but it is your board and your problem, so it is also your call.