It came last night. I'm an instruction reader/follower in general, so tried to go by the book with the driver install. Pretty sure the instructions were for XP anyway. After popping the card in and turning on the box, I went into the BIOS and disabled the on board AC97. Once logged in and...
Diamond XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound Card with Dolby Digital Live ( XS71DDL )
Took a long time to weigh it all up. Cost is a big one. DDL is important, at least from a compatibility standpoint. I don't think the XS71 is on MS's list. Almost went Creative...
Well I don't know if it was clear, but MS had this download that would do a compatibility check. Basically, Nero was the only thing that threw up a red flag. That aside, it told me I was good to go on the upgrade from XP Pro to W7 Pro. It's more to me like buying a Dodge over the internet and...
I hate to admit this, but I let Windows win. Went and bought a sound card that is listed in MS's compatible cards. Pasting the link below. This is a game of wait and see if your h/w will be added to the list. W7 cost me 1.5x the amount I originally paid. That and all the time to deal with...
Windows 'advisor' told me I was good to go. The last thing I would have suspected to fail was SOUND. They toted W7 as a multimedia wet dream. It LOOKS like it could be such a thing... sort of. But for sure, distortion was the first thing I noticed. And not something that gnawed at the back...
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