Sager NP5793 Sound card upgrade/questions

Sooo like lots of people, I've gotten the green jack of death. It's not entirely dead for me yet? I can push down on it some, and usually after 20-30 seconds of trying I get the sound coming out stereo. It's gotten much worse over time though, at first it was very quick to fix and now it's longer/more annoying etc.

rambleramble.

I've read some previous threads about stuff like this, and most people seem to be suggesting the Creative Xi-fi Extreme Audio Notebook expresscard as a good solution! Now from looking for it online, it seems to be discontinued or something? The closest thing I found for sale is http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-ExpressCard-Blaster-Notebook/dp/B001BS3A3E/ref=pd_cp_e_0 This.

Is this the same thing/an updated version of it? And will it still be compatible with the laptop etc.

Alsoooo ontop of all this, I've been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7. Running the windows 7 upgrade advisor, it detects that the driver for "ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller", and "ENE PCI Secure Digital / MMC Card Reader Controller" both aren't compatible with Windows 7.

And since I couldn't find anything else that really sounded like it could be the expresscard slot, I assumed one of these possibly is? So a confirmation on if upgrading to Windows 7 would screw up using the sound card would be nice, too!

Or any other suggestions!


Thanks.

 

try usb speakers system,thses work pretty good. i never really got use to my 5793 speakers being on the sides so i bought usb and they sound awesome.
this guy on youtube does reviews of laptop speaker, check it out
http://www.viddler.com/explore/macgizmoguy/videos/6/
you can find this speaker at amazon

 

Insignia makes some awesome usb speakers.....

 

I have the Creative Xtreme Audio Express Card for my 5793 and got it from Dell. They are still selling it:

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?k=creative x-fi xtreme audio notebook sound card


It works well with Windows 7 as do both the secure digital/MMC Card Reader Controller. I don't remember now but I may have had to go to the manufacturer website to download the latest driver or else I got them from one of the driver update software programs that I have.

HTH

Mike

 

I don't see the xi-fi xtreme audio notebook on the dell link you posted? No idea if I'm just being really blind (looked through it all twice), or if it's not there anymore or something.

Also I assume the Xi-fi notebook ( http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-ExpressCard-Blaster-Notebook/dp/B001BS3A3E/ref=pd_cp_e_0) is just sub-par from the Xi-fi xtreme audio notebook? Either way, I need to find some store that actually sells it!

Thanks a lot for the Windows 7 info though, know I at least know it won't be too much trouble if I get one.

So yeah, any help on locating a store that sells the xi-fi xtreme audio notebook would be helpful. ...Or info on the other card I linked above if it's impossible for me to get this one.