sound card installed but no sound =/

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I installed a sound drive that I just bought thats called Sound Blaster Audigy SE whitch is made by Creative. It came with a CD and I installed the drivers and everything and theres no sound =( Ive also tryed reinstalling windows and reinstalling the driver but its not working. My speekers work fine (ive used 2 different ones) My speekers are on. My speekers are turned up. My sound thinie on my computer is turned up. Its not on muite. So do you know whats wrong?!?!?! I also tryed all the jackes. My OS is Windows XP SP2. do you know how to fix this?
 
I must be something really simple, unless the card is bust.

Have you plugged the cable you're using from the computer into an mp3 player or something to check it?

In device manager are there any exclamation marks over the sound card/drivers?

In control panel/sounds, under the playback tab, is the card selected?

If none of that helps, uninstall the card and download the latest drivers from the Creative site, and install it using them.

If it's still doing nothing, get your hands on another card from a friend/neighbour and try that, and then return the card if they work.
 
non of those worked =/ Im gona try and download the drivers from the website and see if it does anything when I install them..
 
I dunno if this is true, it's just jumped into my head, but I'm sure I have a vague memory...

Have you tried turning the onboard sound back on in the BIOS, but then select the other card as the one to use in windows? I used to experience wierd problems like this back in the days of the pentium 1&2, it's the sortof thing I'd try, even though it makes no sense!
 
PunterCam said:
I dunno if this is true, it's just jumped into my head, but I'm sure I have a vague memory...

Have you tried turning the onboard sound back on in the BIOS, but then select the other card as the one to use in windows? I used to experience wierd problems like this back in the days of the pentium 1&2, it's the sortof thing I'd try, even though it makes no sense!
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how do I select witch card to use? is it in BISO?
 
I mean simply switch the onboard card back on (there's no need to switch it off really) in BIOS, then in Windows, choose to use the new card. Maybe it'll do something, I dunno! It shouldn't do anything, but I've never found computers to be predictable, maybe the new card will jump into life!

You can swap between them in windows this way as well, and perhaps narrow down the problem.
 
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