Philosoraptor Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 One of the ways to try resolving my lock ups in any half-life related game is to try disabling my on-board soundchip in the BIOS. How would I go about doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Need to be in Safe Mode to uninstall the onboard sound. Press F8 during your boot up, needs to be pressed right after it does its initial check. Once you've started in safe mode right click on My Computer ... My Computer --> Properties --> Hardware (Tab) --> Device Manager --> Sound Devices Right click and uninstall everything in the sound devices even your own stuff and then reinstall your drivers for your sound card again. Don't be afraid to uninstall everything as some of that junk does interfere with your games if you are running your own sound card. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colossus Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 An easy way to disable onboard functions is to enter setup while you are booting up. If you are lucky there will be a setting you can toggle on/off for onboard sound and if you have it onboard video. If you have this setting you dont need to do all that uninstalling/installing. Once its toggled off it should pose no problems to you. kthxbye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I would do it Colo's way. If you just remove the onboard drivers and what not, when you restart your computer, you'll keep getting asked to reinstall a new device(your old built on sound card). Best way, if its an onboard sound card, either disable it in BIOS, or if its an older machine, disabled using a jumper on the motherboard. Check your mobo manual. In bios, just look for your onboard chip (ex: ac'97, c-media, etc.) and disable it. if you still cant get it working, call me and I'll come over and fix it for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etru_scan Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 SABER alert ! SABER alert !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I would do it Colo's way. If you just remove the onboard drivers and what not, when you restart your computer, you'll keep getting asked to reinstall a new device(your old built on sound card). Best way, if its an onboard sound card, either disable it in BIOS, or if its an older machine, disabled using a jumper on the motherboard. Check your mobo manual. In bios, just look for your onboard chip (ex: ac'97, c-media, etc.) and disable it. if you still cant get it working, call me and I'll come over and fix it for ya. That's what friends are for. http://www.fnfclan.com/uploads/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I had forgot about what colo said there, but yes I do that as well, so I end up disabling and uninstalling the onboard sound drivers. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 SABER alert ! SABER alert !!! http://www.fnfclan.com/uploads/uploads/emoticons/default_banana.gif LOL http://www.fnfclan.com/uploads/uploads/emoticons/default_blink.pnghttp://www.fnfclan.com/uploads/uploads/emoticons/default_buttrock.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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