[NTLUG:Discuss] Disabling onboard sound.

[Travis Bell]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:19:20AM -0500, Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>   I recently upgraded one of my PC's with a Soyo SY-7VCA motherboard (it
> was cheap - OK? :-)
> 
>   It has a built-in sound port - which I want to disable so I can use my old
> Ensoniq card.
> 
>   I can't figure out what combination of things I need to do to make that
> happen though.  The manual for the Motherboard says to use some handy
> software package that comes on the CD-ROM ...which of course only works
> with Windoze - and I don't *own* a copy of Windoze.
> 
>   There don't seem to be any jumpers to do this either.
> 
>   The joystick port on my Ensoniq is working - but with the same set of
> drivers that worked OK with the Ensoniq on my old motherboard, I get no sound.
> 
>   I'm running SuSE 7.0 btw.

Not all motherboards with on-board sound give you the capability to disable it.
I know, it seems stupid (because it is).  If it is possible to disable it, you
should either be able to do it in the BIOS in peripherals or something like
that, or there should be a jumper.  If not, you're out of luck on completely
disabling it.  In windows, you can disable it in system manager, but as you
say, you don't have windows, and if you did I'm sure you wouldn't be running it.
Besides, it would only be disabled while IN windows, a reboot would re-enable
it.  Check the BIOS and take another look at the jumpers -- if not, I'm afraid
you're SOL.  Sorry...

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