Problems with Older Sound Blaster Audio Devices

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Problems with Older Sound Blaster Audio Devices

Applications installed with older Sound Blaster audio devices are not working.

Apart from normal playback and recording functions, older Sound Blaster audio devices may not work well when your new audio card is installed.

To solve this problem:

Uninstall and remove the older audio device from the computer. Or you can choose to disable it:

For Windows Vista

  1. Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Sound.
    If a User Account Control dialog box appears, asking you for permission to continue with the action, click the Continue button.
  • Right-click the name of the audio device you would like to disable and select the Disable option.
  • Click the OK button. The audio device's entry disappears from the list.

    • To enable the audio device again, right-click the list of audio devices, select Show Disabled Devices, right-click the disabled audio device's entry, and select the Enable option.

    For Windows XP

    1. Click Start Settings Control Panel or Start Control Panel.
  • In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.
  • In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.
  • Click the Device Manager button.
  • Double-click Sound, Video And Game Controllers, and then select the name of the audio device you would like to disable.
  • In the Device usage list, select the Do not use this device (disable) option.
  • Click OK to restart Windows and for the change to take effect.

    • When the audio device is disabled, the entry in Device Manager shows a red cross.

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