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by pugeboy28

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i have this old sound card (sb16) that uses an isa slot. when i first bought my pc, it was working fine. the speakers sounded great. 2 years ago, i upgraded my pc but to my dismay, i thought the soundcard is not anymore compatible with the the new system. it's still running anyway but i cant use the "speakers out" anymore with my conventional unamplified speakers. it only works with amplified speakers. the board im using right now does not have onboard sound so i think there is no conflict in any manner. im confused on what seems to be the problem. im running windows 98se. will anybody help me?

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by thechas

Make sure that you did not loose or move jumpers on the sound card to switch between line and speaker out.

Make sure that you are using the correct output connector.

It is also possible that the "legacy" ISA slot on your new motherboard does not supply the corect, or enough power for the amplifier ICs on the sound card.

Chas

by mdn7779

Remember to make sure you have updated drivers. It also would not hurt to reinstall the drivers over themselves. Far too many times, I have dealt with sound cards not working and just by taking all the drivers out, rebooting, then suddenly everything works again. If you have not done so, try that first.

In the mean time there are some programs out there that help some sound cards work in different programs. Now this is a long shot, but you might try searching for a file exe on the internet called: 13codecp.exe. If all else fails try to find this file and run it on your computers. It replaces/corrects some drivers that seems to get lost on your computer installing/uninstalling programs.

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