Windows – No audio device detected on new sound card

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I bought a new sound card because my built in sound card did not function. When I open YouTube, Media Player or anything that can create a sound my computer will hang up and sometimes when I start my computer it will hang when the Windows XP sound will activate.

Update:
My computer has no audio. It says NO AUDIO DEVICE. I already installed Realtek AC97 and Realtek High Definition Audio Driver and I also pasted stream.dll to the Windows and system32 folders and I restarted my computer but it still says NO AUDIO DEVICE. Please help me. Thanks

Best Answer

There are a number of possible things going wrong here:

The on-board sound is still enabled
The old on-board sound drivers are still installed
Your drivers for the new card aren't updated.

The first thing you need to check is your BIOS. Make sure the on-board sound is disabled. After you've done that and booted into Windows, go into the Device manager and verify the only sound card Windows sees is your new card.

After you've confirmed that Windows sees only your new sound card, go to the manufacturer's website and see if there are updated drivers. If so, download and install them, then reboot and see if that takes care of the problem. If not, and you're still seeing a hang, there may be something else wrong with the motherboard itself, which could be causing the on-board sound not to function as well as the hangs you're seeing.

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The 5 audio jacks you quote is the important thing, not the number of speakers.

It refers to the audio jacks on your motherboard or sound card, not the plugs from your speakers.

If you have multiple audio output jacks on your motherboard/sound card then you have support for surround sound (providing the correct drivers are installed)

The standard jacks are as follows:

Green - Front L/R
Black - Rear L/R
Grey - Side L/R
Orange/Yellow - Sub & Centre
Blue - stereo line in
Pink - mono mic in

2.0 will have 3 jacks - Green, Blue, Pink

5.1 will have 5 jacks - Green, Black, Orange/Yellow, Blue, Pink

7.1 will have 6 jacks - Green, Black, Grey, Orange/Yellow, Blue, Pink

In the pic below, clockwise from top left: 7.1, 7.1, 5.1, 2.0, 2.0

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If you want to see in your system properties you need to open up the RealTek HD Audio Manager (from Control Panel or System Tray icon) and this should show an image on the right that will show you which are available on your system (jacks which are plugged in will be highlighted):

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Virtual Audio Cable allows you to split different audio streams from different applications to different outputs.

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