How to disable my sound card?

I have a sound card built in my mother board and I have a PCI sound card.When I plug in the PCI sound card the built in automatically disables.When I disable the PCI one from device manager it still doesnt detect the in built one.So the point is that I want to switch between both sound cards without having to physically take out the PCI card.

How to disable my sound card?
dont disable ur pci sound card just uninstall the driver for it.


keep a copy of the driver instalatiion on ur hard drive for later use.


even then u'll hv to restart ur pc again for it to detect the on board one
Reply:Maybe a new mother board would help. I can run both at the same time with no problem, or disable either with device manager.
Reply:ok let see, go to start, then control panel, check sounds and audio devices, look up to the top where it says audio, u should see some drop down menu, that if the computer recognized your add on sound card, if it did choose that as a default, then proceed while in control panel, go to systems, look at tab at top where it reads, hardware, click on it , look below after doin that, and click on device manager, click on it go down the list and find sound , video and game controllers , find the onboard name of sound card listed, right click and hit disable. hope this helps, it should it the computer recognized your new added on sound card,
Reply:: If you do not know the product manufacturer, you can look on the product for the FCC ID number and use it to search the online FCC Equipment Authorization Database site at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/.





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