disabling c-media onboard sound?

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  1. squeck

    squeck Lurker

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    i've just bought a Creative Audigy 2 ZS sound card to replace the onboard C-Media one on my Asus P5AD2 motherboard, however i'm having trouble getting rid of the onboard one :confused:

    i've tried disabling it in the bios and uninstalling the software in control panel, but the software doesn't seem to uninstall - when i restart the pc the C-Media driver is still listed in the installed programs list.

    then i tried uninstalling it in windows then once it was uninstalled, disabling it in the bios. this also hasn't worked - when i turn the pc on i get a rundll error: "Error loading cmicngf.cpl, the specified module could not be found"

    has anyone else experienced this problem?

    when i install the Audigy card it works fine in windows but the pc crashes in World of Warcraft, one crash it even decided that it didn't recognise my raid array anymore! :eeek:

    any ideas anyone?
     
  2. monkeyville

    monkeyville Evilish Monkey ++;

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    I also use the C-Media with added creative live card and to get mine to work i just disabled the drivers (disabled in the devices menu) and turned it off in the bios.
     
  3. squeck

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    so you didn't try to uninstall the driver in the add/remove programs box?

    do you still have the CMI Audio Config icon in control panel?
     
  4. jezmck

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    disable the onboard audio in the device manager.
     
  5. monkeyville

    monkeyville Evilish Monkey ++;

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    Thats what i meant to say but managed to make a mess of it.

    EDIT: W00000T 1000th post. I'd like to thank my mum. My dad. My bank manager and all my loyal fans. :D
     
  6. squeck

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    yeah thanks guys, it had worked straight away :D turns out the errors on startup weren't from the sound card, but from peerguardian :wallbash:
     
  7. monkeyville

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    Nice you got it sorted :D
     

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