i am planning to get this $100 microphone but i know i have a really bad sound card. would the sound card make the mic sound like a regular cheap mic?
If i get a really good microphone would having a bad sound card ruin it?
Yes it would, absolutely. Get a good, moderately-priced sound card, Sound Blasters are good. If you are doing professional sound editing, go for the best just a little bit more than you are willing to spend.
Then again, if you are just using it for, like, chatting or internet phone, any new Sound Blaster card should do.
BTW, how do you know it's a bad card? Maybe the mike you have now just stinks. Get the mike, check out the quality, then get the new card if you think you need it.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Is it possible to change a sound card on a laptop?
I own a Gateway Mx7337 notebook, can anyone assure me that it isn't possible to change the sound card?
Is it possible to change a sound card on a laptop?
Go to gateways website to be sure, but very very few laptops have a dedicated sound card. There simply isn't room in most. Thus they have onboard sound, built into the main board.
Reply:I don't think so, cause it's a built in Sound Card, the chipset of this is already in your mainboard, it will only damage the whole system if you try.
Better not to try
Reply:its possible
Reply:That does not have a sound card. It is on the MOBO. You can get a card to up grade it though, the same as you could get a video or TV card for it.
Reply:No usually they are built-in the main board
Reply:You cant "replace" it, but you can buy ones that will go in your pmcia slot
Reply:of course it is. call GEEK SQUAD is what i think u should do.
Reply:Get an external sound card that can hook up to a USB port. Of course this isn't convenient for carrying around with you, but for home use...
Reply:hah! good luck. its probably integrated into the mother board.
get out your hack saw...
Reply:i dont know. try googling it.
Is it possible to change a sound card on a laptop?
Go to gateways website to be sure, but very very few laptops have a dedicated sound card. There simply isn't room in most. Thus they have onboard sound, built into the main board.
Reply:I don't think so, cause it's a built in Sound Card, the chipset of this is already in your mainboard, it will only damage the whole system if you try.
Better not to try
Reply:its possible
Reply:That does not have a sound card. It is on the MOBO. You can get a card to up grade it though, the same as you could get a video or TV card for it.
Reply:No usually they are built-in the main board
Reply:You cant "replace" it, but you can buy ones that will go in your pmcia slot
Reply:of course it is. call GEEK SQUAD is what i think u should do.
Reply:Get an external sound card that can hook up to a USB port. Of course this isn't convenient for carrying around with you, but for home use...
Reply:hah! good luck. its probably integrated into the mother board.
get out your hack saw...
Reply:i dont know. try googling it.
How can I see the name of manufacturer of sound card from window 98?
No sound card driver is installed.
HCL branded computer.
And How can I know that PC has a sound card or not?
How can I see the name of manufacturer of sound card from window 98?
if you look on the back of the computer there will be an area seperate from the addon area that has you keyboard/mouse serial/parallel ports if there are sound jacks there you definetly have on-board sound. If they are on the bottom by themselves (not in the same slot as a modem or anything like that) then it probably is a sound card. If they are in the same slot as a modem or such there is still a possibility that it is onboard.
The ony way to know for sure is to open the computer and look. Once you find if you have a sound card or not you can get the make/model off the card to get the drivers. If you do not have a seperate sound card look around the motherboard and try to find the manufacturer of the motherboard along with the model number and get the driver from their website.
If you are still running Windows 98 it is time to buy a new computer Microsoft quit making updates for 95/98/98SE.
You can buy a new machine w/ a flat screen monitor most anywhere for under $500.
Just a thougth...... you may love that machine.....
Reply:Look in device manager and see if it's identified. If there's no driver and a sound card is there, it may appear under unknown devices.
One way to see if there is one installed, is to look at the back of the computer. Are there any audio jacks.. anything labeled line in or line out? Most pc's from that vintage did have sound cards though it's possible your's doesn't.
Sound could be integrated on the system board or be a separate card. If you think it should have audio, you're going to have to open the cover and have a look. Identify what expansion cards you do have and look to see what chips are on the system board. Identifying an audio chip on a system board is going to be hard if you have no idea of what you're looking at.
Reply:Hello,
Download and run this program:
BELARC ADVISOR
It will give you a complete profile of your computer, both hardware and software plus a lot of other very helpful information.
I hope this helps.
Reply:- Try start - cmd - msinfo32 - hardware
- go to control panel - go to audio - in the first screen next to the speaker it will tell u something like soundmax or something... thats the one...
- If not try BIOS and check if it says onboard audio, means that it has an inbuilt sound card with the motherboard
- Mostly HCL makes with onboard since it is cost effective for customers :)
BELARC ADVISOR is good... try that.. :)
skates
HCL branded computer.
And How can I know that PC has a sound card or not?
How can I see the name of manufacturer of sound card from window 98?
if you look on the back of the computer there will be an area seperate from the addon area that has you keyboard/mouse serial/parallel ports if there are sound jacks there you definetly have on-board sound. If they are on the bottom by themselves (not in the same slot as a modem or anything like that) then it probably is a sound card. If they are in the same slot as a modem or such there is still a possibility that it is onboard.
The ony way to know for sure is to open the computer and look. Once you find if you have a sound card or not you can get the make/model off the card to get the drivers. If you do not have a seperate sound card look around the motherboard and try to find the manufacturer of the motherboard along with the model number and get the driver from their website.
If you are still running Windows 98 it is time to buy a new computer Microsoft quit making updates for 95/98/98SE.
You can buy a new machine w/ a flat screen monitor most anywhere for under $500.
Just a thougth...... you may love that machine.....
Reply:Look in device manager and see if it's identified. If there's no driver and a sound card is there, it may appear under unknown devices.
One way to see if there is one installed, is to look at the back of the computer. Are there any audio jacks.. anything labeled line in or line out? Most pc's from that vintage did have sound cards though it's possible your's doesn't.
Sound could be integrated on the system board or be a separate card. If you think it should have audio, you're going to have to open the cover and have a look. Identify what expansion cards you do have and look to see what chips are on the system board. Identifying an audio chip on a system board is going to be hard if you have no idea of what you're looking at.
Reply:Hello,
Download and run this program:
BELARC ADVISOR
It will give you a complete profile of your computer, both hardware and software plus a lot of other very helpful information.
I hope this helps.
Reply:- Try start - cmd - msinfo32 - hardware
- go to control panel - go to audio - in the first screen next to the speaker it will tell u something like soundmax or something... thats the one...
- If not try BIOS and check if it says onboard audio, means that it has an inbuilt sound card with the motherboard
- Mostly HCL makes with onboard since it is cost effective for customers :)
BELARC ADVISOR is good... try that.. :)
skates
I have a new HP computer iwth windows vista, and standard vid and sound cards, can i play battlefield 2 on it?
Please visit
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/ref...
that will tell you what you want to know :)
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/ref...
that will tell you what you want to know :)
How can I identify my sound card?
I need to install the driver of my sound card which is built-in the motherboard but the problem is that I dont know which sound card is in my pc. I have conatcted the motherboard manufacturer and tried to identify the sound chip by looking at the motherboard but all to no avail.Is there any software utility or any other way I can identify my sound card?
How can I identify my sound card?
try doing a windows update and the utility should update through microsofts web site...
Reply:go to device manager and check out the soundcard model
press win+pause break , go to hardware, then to device manager , this will list all the hardware connected. Yellow question mark indicates improperly installed drivers . check out ur soundchip under the audio heading and install proper drivers..
Reply:go to run
type "dxdiag" with out commas
press YES if asked
a new window will be opened.. it will scan ur system for hardwares
click on the sound tab
u will fid the model and driver version of ur sound card there...
OR u can search for model number of ur mother board on internet... since it is bulit in...u can found the name of ur soundcard easily
How can I identify my sound card?
try doing a windows update and the utility should update through microsofts web site...
Reply:go to device manager and check out the soundcard model
press win+pause break , go to hardware, then to device manager , this will list all the hardware connected. Yellow question mark indicates improperly installed drivers . check out ur soundchip under the audio heading and install proper drivers..
Reply:go to run
type "dxdiag" with out commas
press YES if asked
a new window will be opened.. it will scan ur system for hardwares
click on the sound tab
u will fid the model and driver version of ur sound card there...
OR u can search for model number of ur mother board on internet... since it is bulit in...u can found the name of ur soundcard easily
Is it possible to upgrade the sound card in a compaq presario c300ea laptop?
I want to upgrade the sound card so i can use my computer for music production with cubase and also DJ'ing with.
Is it possible to upgrade the sound card in a compaq presario c300ea laptop?
The first real question is - is the laptop powerful enough to handle Cubase?
The 1.6Ghz Celeron processer may not have enough "oomph" to do the job, and 1Gb may be insufficient memory.
However, if you still decide to go ahead, there is some bad news and some good news. As the previous poster has indicated, you cannot upgrade the internal soundcard but you can plug an external device in to the USB port.
If you are in the UK, this little box may be adequate although it is more of a digital interface than a soundcard - useful if you have a mixing desk with a digital output
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Modu...
Amazon in the UK have this Trust box that offers a 5.1 surround sound option
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRUST-SC-5500P-E...
If you can find this -Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB then it will be better quality however these may not offer the quality that you want so it's probably wiser to look at some of the Creative offerings -
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook which offers higher digital sampling rates for higher audio quality
This link
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Sound_Cards_522075...
has a whole range of USB cards listed, varying in price and qualty from the cheap to the professional. Although this is a UK site, if you are not in the UK you can take the products that you are interested in and do a Google search for local suppliers.
Just remember that the high quality devices may place a greater load on your Celeron which reduce the overhead power available for running Cubase
Reply:Sorry, You cannot upgrade a laptop motherboard...That includes a sound and graphics card. You should probabally get a PC next time if you are seriously thinking about doing music editing professionally or seriously.
Is it possible to upgrade the sound card in a compaq presario c300ea laptop?
The first real question is - is the laptop powerful enough to handle Cubase?
The 1.6Ghz Celeron processer may not have enough "oomph" to do the job, and 1Gb may be insufficient memory.
However, if you still decide to go ahead, there is some bad news and some good news. As the previous poster has indicated, you cannot upgrade the internal soundcard but you can plug an external device in to the USB port.
If you are in the UK, this little box may be adequate although it is more of a digital interface than a soundcard - useful if you have a mixing desk with a digital output
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Modu...
Amazon in the UK have this Trust box that offers a 5.1 surround sound option
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRUST-SC-5500P-E...
If you can find this -Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB then it will be better quality however these may not offer the quality that you want so it's probably wiser to look at some of the Creative offerings -
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook which offers higher digital sampling rates for higher audio quality
This link
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Sound_Cards_522075...
has a whole range of USB cards listed, varying in price and qualty from the cheap to the professional. Although this is a UK site, if you are not in the UK you can take the products that you are interested in and do a Google search for local suppliers.
Just remember that the high quality devices may place a greater load on your Celeron which reduce the overhead power available for running Cubase
Reply:Sorry, You cannot upgrade a laptop motherboard...That includes a sound and graphics card. You should probabally get a PC next time if you are seriously thinking about doing music editing professionally or seriously.
I need to download sound card driver for my dell pc, where is a good site to download proper drivers?
I have a dell optiplex gx150 with windows 98. I just bought this computer off someone for cheap cuz they couldnt get it running. They deleted alot of programs and I had to download a lot of programs already. The people deleted the whole sound card device. I really need one to run sound programs correctly.
I need to download sound card driver for my dell pc, where is a good site to download proper drivers?
Did you try visiting dell website and going to the support link to download the drivers
Reply:here it is opendrivers.com, Well it worked great for me and therefore i hopes that it will also help you, but why u don't use windows xp in the new smart generation.
Reply:Go to the Dell web site and under the "Support" section you will be able to find all drivers you need. You can also download and Active X which will assess all your componants
Regards
Lo_Leffe
Reply:www.driverguide.com
Reply:Ugh...Windows 98. Chances are if the computer is that old, then HP or the sound card manufacturer no longer supports the driver you will need. I have the same problem with my wife's computer. Its a five year old Dell and they, nor the Mgr support the driver anymore. We just do without the sound.
If the computer has '98 on it, then its almost 9 years old and is literally considered a dinosaur. We invested in a new laptop. In the computer world, you gotta pay to play.
Reply:Any one of these sites should be able to help:
www.windrivers.com
or
www.drivers.com
or
www.DriverGuide.com
Reply:search using yahoo or google, type your device name and/or model then type "Driver Download" ... .
Reply:What I would recommend doing is going to Download.Com You can usually get anything you need from there, or go to the Dell website. BUT, I have to agree with the other guy, there is probably a 5% or less chance that they will be able to do something for Windows 98. You'll have to get another operating system. Borrow a disc from someone if you need to, but I don't think you'll have alot of luck with 98. Good luck and I hope you find something!!
Reply:There are a lot of driver collections in http://www.driverguide.com , I usually get my drivers on that website..
Reply:Go to Dell and click on support. You can get the drivers there..
Nanny Source
I need to download sound card driver for my dell pc, where is a good site to download proper drivers?
Did you try visiting dell website and going to the support link to download the drivers
Reply:here it is opendrivers.com, Well it worked great for me and therefore i hopes that it will also help you, but why u don't use windows xp in the new smart generation.
Reply:Go to the Dell web site and under the "Support" section you will be able to find all drivers you need. You can also download and Active X which will assess all your componants
Regards
Lo_Leffe
Reply:www.driverguide.com
Reply:Ugh...Windows 98. Chances are if the computer is that old, then HP or the sound card manufacturer no longer supports the driver you will need. I have the same problem with my wife's computer. Its a five year old Dell and they, nor the Mgr support the driver anymore. We just do without the sound.
If the computer has '98 on it, then its almost 9 years old and is literally considered a dinosaur. We invested in a new laptop. In the computer world, you gotta pay to play.
Reply:Any one of these sites should be able to help:
www.windrivers.com
or
www.drivers.com
or
www.DriverGuide.com
Reply:search using yahoo or google, type your device name and/or model then type "Driver Download" ... .
Reply:What I would recommend doing is going to Download.Com You can usually get anything you need from there, or go to the Dell website. BUT, I have to agree with the other guy, there is probably a 5% or less chance that they will be able to do something for Windows 98. You'll have to get another operating system. Borrow a disc from someone if you need to, but I don't think you'll have alot of luck with 98. Good luck and I hope you find something!!
Reply:There are a lot of driver collections in http://www.driverguide.com , I usually get my drivers on that website..
Reply:Go to Dell and click on support. You can get the drivers there..
Nanny Source
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