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Second sound card

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Nick1964

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My son have a computer with mainboard with in-built sound card. He asks me to buy Soundblaster Audigy 2. Is it possible to use it if we alreday have in-built one?
Thank you for your help.
 
Yes it is.
You can disable the built-in device through the BIOS (usually), or Device Manager (always).

The board is fairly complicated, so spend some time at the Creative Web site ahead of time to make sure you are cuurent on all drivers and other information you might need.

 
Thank you for a promt answer! So now I will buy it.
 
Warn him that this is a challenging installation to do properly.

There is a lot of information from other users about their success and mistakes in installing this board at:
It is worth a day before starting the project to read and do some research of the experiences of other users. This is decidedly not a simple board to install correctly. but a worthy and good challenge for your son.

Best,
Bill Castner
 
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