Audigy 2 Zs problem

[mark339]

Hey,

Prolem:
I'm working on a computer for my friend who wants an audigy 2 ZS installed in his dell. He told me tho that when he tried to put it in himself, it would freeze on him. So when i tried it, id did happen, and sounds like a never ending mobo post beep cept coming from the speakers.

Attempted fixes:
-I tried reinstalling, didn't work,
-tried different PCI slots, didn't work,
-tried a S.blaster 16 card, it worked fine.
-Tried the Audigy 2zs card in a different computer, worked fine.
-checked the IRQ's with the audigy in the dell, thinking there's a conflict somewhere... it does share an IRQ with the "Nvidia vga adapter", but when i try to change one, they both change.
-I tried movin the audigy to different pci slots again but that didn't work either. I tried to find a way to disable / undo the vga assignment to that IRQ, but i couldn't find it in the bios...

I'm running out of options... any suggestions?

 

[billyjak]

Does it have on board sound & did you disable it.

 

[mark339]

there's no onboard sound or video...

 

[Ionizer86]

 

[Ionizer86]

Was the old sound card fully uninstalled?

 

[mark339]

yup, i uninstalled everything each time i tried a different card, all the creative meida and the audgiy drivers... didn't even have to install anything for the s.blaster, xp just installed it by itself...

 

[mark339]

well, i tried 2 diferent video cards, a radeon 9000 and a GF400MX pci card, still same problem, i'm guessing that his mobo's broke.... anyone else agree?

 

[Vonkhan]

serves ur frind right for buying a dell

 

[lendl1]

I just fixed this problem on my dell system. You need to update the bios for that particular model 8200 etc.. Search for audigy 2 bios update drivers on dells site. Once I installed, it solved the lock up problem. Good luck.