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    Notebook sound card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by grimmar, Oct 30, 2007.

  1. grimmar

    grimmar Notebook Geek

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    Is it possible to upgrade the notebook with a sound card supporting 5.1 sound. I plan on connecting it to my TV but on my notebook i have only the headphones "hole" . Is there some kind of external sound card solutions or ?

    Thank you.
     
    grimmar, Oct 30, 2007
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  2. jetstar

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    Try a USB soundcard from Creative.
     
    jetstar, Oct 30, 2007
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  3. grimmar

    grimmar Notebook Geek

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    grimmar, Oct 30, 2007
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    The PCMCIA or Express Card ones are better...

    Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA)
    X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook (Express card)
     
    Razor2, Oct 30, 2007
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  5. grimmar

    grimmar Notebook Geek

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    Thouse are the ones put in the little slot on the left on my pc?
     
    grimmar, Oct 30, 2007
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    ilikepcs Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is on the left of my Dell Inspiron :confused:
    I will probably purchase an express version sometime soon. I elected to go with the audigy option, which only gave me the software (what a bummer). Bad choice.
     
    ilikepcs, Dec 1, 2007
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    make sure you have a PCMCIA card slot before you make the purchase. i do and Audigy 2 ZS is an improvement over my AC'97.
     
    BHD, Dec 1, 2007
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