XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
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Posted by Louis on March 19, 2008, 6:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to latest BIOS (1011)). Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the purpose. I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. Any idea ? Thanks | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on March 19, 2008, 6:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options Can you disable the device, in the Device Manager ? That might be a workaround. Paul | |||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on March 19, 2008, 8:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options wrote:
>Hello !
> >I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed >to latest BIOS (1011)). > >Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the >C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. > >While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from >whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the >purpose. > >I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. > >BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. > >Any idea ? > >Thanks > As Paul suggested you should disable it in Device Manager. However, it should not interfere with a PCI audio card even if it isn't disabled. It is quite possible to continually use multiple sound cards in the same system, if your particular application doesn't allow picking which one to use then set that one as the primary or preferred sound device in control panel, sounds & multimedia. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Louis on March 20, 2008, 4:16 am
Please log in for more thread options kony a exposé le 2008-03-19 :
> wrote:
> >> Hello !
>> >> I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to >> latest BIOS (1011)). >> >> Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the >> C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. >> >> While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from >> whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the >> purpose. >> >> I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. >> >> BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. >> >> Any idea ? >> >> Thanks >> >
> As Paul suggested you should disable it in Device Manager. > However, it should not interfere with a PCI audio card even > if it isn't disabled. It is quite possible to continually > use multiple sound cards in the same system, if your > particular application doesn't allow picking which one to > use then set that one as the primary or preferred sound > device in control panel, sounds & multimedia. Thank you both for your replies.. I had to disable the onboard audio in the device manager *and* uninstall all programs/drivers related using add/remove programs, otherwise there is an unresponsive "Mixer" button sitting on the task bar upon reboot. As for leaving both audio cards, it is not my preferred solution since the C-Media driver (at least the one availiable on Asus's site) installs its own and sticky "Mixer" on the tray - even if I install only the drivers using device manager - which could be confusing for the PC's owner. Just for my own knowledge : does it happens often that a "disabled" onboard feature actually stays enabled ? It's the first time I see this.. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on March 20, 2008, 6:03 am
Please log in for more thread options Louis wrote:
> kony a exposé le 2008-03-19 :
>> wrote:
>> >>> Hello !
>>> >>> I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed >>> to latest BIOS (1011)). >>> >>> Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding >>> the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's >>> driver. >>> >>> While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from >>> whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the >>> purpose. >>> >>> I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. >>> >>> BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. >>> >>> Any idea ? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>
>> As Paul suggested you should disable it in Device Manager. >> However, it should not interfere with a PCI audio card even >> if it isn't disabled. It is quite possible to continually >> use multiple sound cards in the same system, if your >> particular application doesn't allow picking which one to >> use then set that one as the primary or preferred sound >> device in control panel, sounds & multimedia. >
> Thank you both for your replies.. > > I had to disable the onboard audio in the device manager *and* uninstall > all programs/drivers related using add/remove programs, otherwise there > is an unresponsive "Mixer" button sitting on the task bar upon reboot. > > As for leaving both audio cards, it is not my preferred solution since > the C-Media driver (at least the one availiable on Asus's site) installs > its own and sticky "Mixer" on the tray - even if I install only the > drivers using device manager - which could be confusing for the PC's owner. > > > Just for my own knowledge : does it happens often that a "disabled" > onboard feature actually stays enabled ? It's the first time I see this.. > In Win2K, I had some trouble with the OS mediated selection of sound devices. I tried a PCI sound card and AC'97 at the same time. I'd select my "preferred" device in Windows, click apply or whatever, and the OS refused to remember my selection. So like yourself, I had to ensure one was disabled, to get satisfactory operation. Maybe WinXP works better for that, but I don't have WinXP here. As for the failure to disable, yes, it has happened before. And I cannot explain why it happens either. Paul | |||||||||||||
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> I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to
> latest BIOS (1011)).
>
> Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the
> C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver.
>
> While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from
> whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the
> purpose.
>
> I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card.
>
> BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything.
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Thanks
>