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sandeep · 07-23-2003, 07:18 PM

hey folks, i'm looking for a bit of help here. i've had this problem for a while now.

i've had this SBLive soundcard for about 4 years now. I don't know too much about it other than it says soundblaster Live on the card itself, and it looks kinda stylish being all black instead of green

i got a Radeon 9000 pro a few months ago and since then whenever I play UT it jumps around quite a bit. when i pull the soundcard out it seems to play fine. also when i play games like ut2k3, it loads a hell of a lot faster with the sb card out, and the onboard soundcard in use.

i have no problem using the onboard soundcard, infact it sounds quite good. but the thing is, i rip a lot of CDs. With the soundblaster card, i have a wire going from my LiteOn CDRW to my soundcard, that lets me play music cds, as well as rip them. but when i'm using the onboard sound, I can't rip or play cds.

do you guys know of any way that I can get the Radeon and SB cards to play nice together?
or, is there a way i can play and rip cds with the onboard sound card? i'd be more than happy with either solution. i just hate having to shut down and pull the card out and enable the onboard sound in the BIOS whenever i wanna play a game.

any help would be appriciated guys, as i've had this problem since i first got the video card.

here's the specs of my machine incase it helps.

it's an XP 1900+ on an ECS K7S5A board
512megs of DDR2100
LiteOn 40x12x48 CDRW with the Lineout that connects to the line in on the SB Card.

07-23-2003, 07:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
sandeep Insane	sound and video cards can't play nicely. help? hey folks, i'm looking for a bit of help here. i've had this problem for a while now. i've had this SBLive soundcard for about 4 years now. I don't know too much about it other than it says soundblaster Live on the card itself, and it looks kinda stylish being all black instead of green i got a Radeon 9000 pro a few months ago and since then whenever I play UT it jumps around quite a bit. when i pull the soundcard out it seems to play fine. also when i play games like ut2k3, it loads a hell of a lot faster with the sb card out, and the onboard soundcard in use. i have no problem using the onboard soundcard, infact it sounds quite good. but the thing is, i rip a lot of CDs. With the soundblaster card, i have a wire going from my LiteOn CDRW to my soundcard, that lets me play music cds, as well as rip them. but when i'm using the onboard sound, I can't rip or play cds. do you guys know of any way that I can get the Radeon and SB cards to play nice together? or, is there a way i can play and rip cds with the onboard sound card? i'd be more than happy with either solution. i just hate having to shut down and pull the card out and enable the onboard sound in the BIOS whenever i wanna play a game. any help would be appriciated guys, as i've had this problem since i first got the video card. here's the specs of my machine incase it helps. it's an XP 1900+ on an ECS K7S5A board 512megs of DDR2100 LiteOn 40x12x48 CDRW with the Lineout that connects to the line in on the SB Card.