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'Sound on board'
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I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. It has 'On-board-sound'. I recall some time ago reading that this was not upgradeable. Will I be able to replace or upgrade HP's 'on-board' if necessary? Richard |
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"reg" wrote:
Hi I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. It has 'On-board-sound'. I recall some time ago reading that this was not upgradeable. Will I be able to replace or upgrade HP's 'on-board' if necessary? If it has a free PCI slot (or ISA for that matter), yes. Jon |
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reg wrote:
Hi I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. It has 'On-board-sound'. I recall some time ago reading that this was not upgradeable. Will I be able to replace or upgrade HP's 'on-board' if necessary? Richard if it's got a spare PCI slot, then it's replaceable. you just disable to onboard sound in bios... ric |
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reg wrote:
Hi I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. It has 'On-board-sound'. I recall some time ago reading that this was not upgradeable. Will I be able to replace or upgrade HP's 'on-board' if necessary? Richard Not upgradeable but possibly replaceable. If it can be disabled, probably in the BIOS, then you can 'replace' it with your own sound card. BTW, some of the onboard sound systems are quite good these days. Probably not on an older system like this, but it might be worth checking out. Onboard sound doesn't define quality-you could theoretically take the best sound card on the market & build it into a mobo, at which point it would become onboard sound-and yet it would still be the best sound available. |
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on Thu January 8 2004 2:44 pm, reg decided to enlighten us with:
Hi I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. It has 'On-board-sound'. I recall some time ago reading that this was not upgradeable. Will I be able to replace or upgrade HP's 'on-board' if necessary? Boot the computer and hit delete (or whatever key HP uses) to get into BIOS and see if it's possible to turn off onboard sound. Sometimes if you have an aftermarket sound card and onboard sound is enabled, there are problems. I haven't had any myself, but I've heard of them. I don't know why you couldn't add a Turtle Beach or SoundBlaster card for sound. -- Big Daddy Ruel Smith My SuSE Linux machine uptime: 4:12pm up 32 days 0:58, 3 users, load average: 0.49, 0.33, 0.20 My Windows XP machine uptime: Something less... |
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"reg" wrote in message ... Hi I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. 1000ghz? Like 1 Terrahertz? Boy that's fast........ -- George www.underwoodunsigned.co.uk |
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Calvin Crumrine wrote:
Not upgradeable but possibly replaceable. If it can be disabled, probably in the BIOS, then you can 'replace' it with your own sound card. BTW, some of the onboard sound systems are quite good these days. Probably not on an older system like this, but it might be worth checking out. Onboard sound doesn't define quality-you could theoretically take the best sound card on the market & build it into a mobo, at which point it would become onboard sound-and yet it would still be the best sound available. I agree Calvin, tho I'd take umbridge regarding your "old PC" comment as I'm writing this on a P400 [grin]. Anyway, yes the quality of onboard sound varies greatly. For example, if you go with a quality motherboard like ASUS or AOPEN with onboard sound even a computer tech may be perfectly happy with the sound chipset they use. The motherboard CD makes it easy to install/reinstall the drivers, and if you lose the motherboard CD, one can easily find the drivers for the Yamaha or other "card" that's on the mobo. On the other hand, if you're using a PCchips/Jetway motherboard you're likely to find driver installations a hassle if the system is older. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/ |
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Plato |@|.| wrote in :
Onboard sound doesn't define quality-you could theoretically take the best sound card on the market & build it into a mobo, at which point it would become onboard sound-and yet it would still be the best sound available. I agree Calvin, tho I'd take umbridge regarding your "old PC" comment as I'm writing this on a P400 [grin]. Anyway, yes the quality of onboard sound varies greatly. For example, if you go with a quality motherboard like ASUS or AOPEN with onboard sound even a computer tech may be perfectly happy with the sound chipset they use. Honestly, the only onboard sound I've /ever/ found acceptable is the chipset on my Asus A7N8X-Deluxe. 6 channel, nVidida SoundStorm enabled, all sounds fantastic. This isn't even true of all nForce2 boards though, as my brother's Chaintech nForce2 has a different chipset for sound that is only 4 channel, no SoundStorm, and sounds pretty bad compared to my TurtleBeach Santa Cruz (which replaced the onboard sound in that machine). Even the older Asus and Epox boards I've owned (from Slot 1 through SocketA) have relatively crappy sound compared to a decent $35 sound card. For someone who just hears windows noises, the sound is definitely adaquate, but for someone who listens to a lot of music and plays a lot of games, I think something like a Santa Cruz for $40 from newegg.com is probably the best $40 they could spend. |
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"reg" wrote in message ... Hi I have been offered a HP PIII 1000ghz system. It has 'On-board-sound'. I recall some time ago reading that this was not upgradeable. Will I be able to replace or upgrade HP's 'on-board' if necessary? HP is somewhat known for proprietary components, but these days it's very common for motherboards to have an audio chip built in, or "on board", so it's not an HP thing per se. If it has free slots, you can add your own video card and disable on board audio for all contemporary motherboards I've seen. |
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"Calvin Crumrine" wrote in message ... Not upgradeable but possibly replaceable. If it can be disabled, probably in the BIOS, then you can 'replace' it with your own sound card. To be clear, you are not replacing it, but overriding it. |
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