Problem with laptop's built in sound card

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Hi all! I have recently bought a new pair of powered stereo speakers for my HP laptop and I notice that the sound produced was distorted and scratchy. I am using "soundmax" as built in by the HP manafacturer. I am sure the problem does not lie with the speakers because I tested it with my mp3 player and it works clear. I have also checked with my device manager properties for this device and there were no problems found. So my question is: should I buy a USB/PCMCIA notebook PC Card as a replacement for the old card or should I uninstall the old card and/or is the USB/PCMCIA a Plug and Play Device at the same time.

This is my first post. I appreciate any form of help. Thanks!
 
Standard sound cards in laptops are pretty crummy... They are, however, intergrated an totally unremovable, so don't even consider replacing it :P If I were you, I'd get a PCMCIA sound card. I don't know if you can disable the old one in the bios(probably not with a laptop) but you can set the new one as the default device. You could uninstall it/disable it if you'd like. That might be better, but I guess it wouldn't really matter.
 
The_Other_One said:
Standard sound cards in laptops are pretty crummy... They are, however, intergrated an totally unremovable, so don't even consider replacing it :P If I were you, I'd get a PCMCIA sound card. I don't know if you can disable the old one in the bios(probably not with a laptop) but you can set the new one as the default device. You could uninstall it/disable it if you'd like. That might be better, but I guess it wouldn't really matter.
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I have compared the Creative PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PC card with the Turtle Beach USB Audio Adapter. Anyone has any idea which type of interface is better or worth to consider?
 
Definitely don't get the Turtle Beach. I had a slightly different model of it, and it was totally crap. Get the Audigy 2 ZS.
 
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