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I recently upgraded from my onboard sound to an actual sound card. In doing so I initially disabled the sound card in Bios however I needed the on-board sound back so I enabled it.

Since then I've dealt with a very strange issue-

If I have my headphones plugged into the new sound card, I can hear sound but not use my microphone. If I use the onboard mic and headphone slots in the back I can hear and use the mic. However if I removed the mic and headphone plugs from the onboard slots while the computer is turned on, my computer automatically resets.

The same happens if I use the same onboard slots in the front.

Any idea what is causing this?

Perhaps the wires the connect the front panel header (that carry the MIC, LINE-IN and LINE-OUT) from the motherboard to the front of the case are hooked up incorrectly. Did you move them at any time during the sound card installation?

Also, in the BIOS, are the IRQ Resources set to MANUAL or AUTOMATIC? An IRQ conflict can cause problems with PCI cards and USB devices, but as far as re-booting your computer, that sounds more severe.

The only time I've had a computer reboot for sure was when my mother board was cracked and any movement to the case would cause a reboot. It was funny for a week, then it kind of became annoying.

With that said, I'd wonder if there is a short somewhere? Perhaps I would re-install the card and I would try a different PCI slot.

Also could be a driver issue and finally, why is your on board sound card even enabled? It should be disabled and the computer should detect the PCI card and use that.

ElTaco wrote:The only time I've had a computer reboot for sure was when my mother board was cracked and any movement to the case would cause a reboot. It was funny for a week, then it kind of became annoying.

With that said, I'd wonder if there is a short somewhere? Perhaps I would re-install the card and I would try a different PCI slot.

Also could be a driver issue and finally, why is your on board sound card even enabled? It should be disabled and the computer should detect the PCI card and use that.

here is the nuts and bolts again b/c I didnt post all the info-

I installed a new sound card.. it works fine.. I do some online gaming and I use my mic for a 3rd party chat program called teamspeak. I thought my mic was not working b.c the sound was barely register and so in the interim I was using my onboard for when I used that program. I have since found that my mic does work, its just that the mic part needs to be virtually on my mouth to pick up sound unlike the onboard which had no problem with the placement of the mic. What I also have is a mic/headphone and speaker slots in the front and when I plug in my headphones in that slot, my computer resets and keeps doing it unless I remove the plugs. It will not do the same if I plug them in the back onboard slots.


The other issue I have is the program I use for chatting, teamspeak, will also cause my computer to reset if I try and select the mic output to be my new audio card. it seems to want to remain using the onboard outlets.


So I can solve problem 1 by getting a new headset and mic that sits closer to my mouth.. no biggie. (though I would still like to know why the computer resets like it does). I havent tried to see if the TS program works, even if the sound card is not selected as primary with the orginal mic I have in which case I can leave the program as is. But again, why does it cause the computer to reset if I mess with those settings?

My drivers all appear to be up to date but I can post my diax if that would help.

Let me know if I can PM that to you ET.

Thanks!

When you say reset you mean reboot, I assume.

Some programs require a reboot when certain settings are changed or updated, in order to update registry settings. Perhaps teamspeak has the default set to automatically reboot the puter when any changes are made to the settings? Usually you can set those kind of reboots to either "prompt", Automatic" or "Manual". you should have it set at "prompt". Right now it is most likely set at "automatic".

Check the user settings of that program. I don't have it, so I can't give you specific directions, but I'd head that way first at least to eliminate it as a possibility.

Mister Bushice wrote:When you say reset you mean reboot, I assume.

Some programs require a reboot when certain settings are changed or updated, in order to update registry settings. Perhaps teamspeak has the default set to automatically reboot the puter when any changes are made to the settings? Usually you can set those kind of reboots to either "prompt", Automatic" or "Manual". you should have it set at "prompt". Right now it is most likely set at "automatic".

Check the user settings of that program. I don't have it, so I can't give you specific directions, but I'd head that way first at least to eliminate it as a possibility.

I thought of that except the settings dont change once I go back in.

Check out this link:

http://forum.goteamspeak.com/showthread ... eadid=1169