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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.
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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
...but did you install the RIGHT AC97 drivers? It turns out that AC97 is a very broad standard. It's like how the term "energy-saving" can be used by a refrigerator or a washing machine. Well, almost... AC97 is a little more specific, so it's like how the term "energy saving" can be used by a refrigerator or a freezer. But AC97 is not a specification that is really specific enough for driver co-compatibility. What this means is that drivers for one AC97 chipset might not work for another AC97 chipset. I don't know if even "Realtek AC97" is specific enough; I actually suspect not. – TOOGAM – 2015-01-29T13:53:37.777
You should mention what sound card you bought. I would also like to add that it's entirely possible to have 2 soundcards working at the same time (onboard + sound card), at least when they're different brands and drivers. – mtone – 2011-01-23T21:18:06.677