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    Installed sound card

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by cookiemonsta, Aug 1, 2009.

  1. cookiemonsta

    cookiemonsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Evening,

    I have a question: I ordered the Creative Soundblaster X-Fi card on my new laptop. However, when I check under device manager, all I see is some generic audio driver: High Definition Audio Device. How do I know that they installed the correct audio card?
     
    cookiemonsta, Aug 1, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    The Soundblaster X-Fi card should be an external sound card that plugs into your ExpressCard slot.
     
    Mastershroom, Aug 1, 2009
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  3. cookiemonsta

    cookiemonsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Aha.. I just wished they would've mentioned on the website it is a software interface because I thought I was actually upgrading from the on-board sound card to a better one. Not that Creative cards are that good anyway but at least better than the typical garbage sound quality of integrated cards.
     
    cookiemonsta, Aug 2, 2009
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  4. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    The sad part is that I'm pretty sure you can freely download the software you paid for.
     
    Trottel, Aug 2, 2009
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    roosta Notebook Evangelist

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    no, the X-FI card is (as mastershroom said) and external card that plugs in to the card slot. if its not in the box, you should complain striaght away.
     
    roosta, Aug 2, 2009
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    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    But they have the crappy "software enabled" x-fi crap they try to sell to people, which is what it sounds like the OP bought.
     
    Trottel, Aug 3, 2009
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