Disabling Onboard Sound

[Mobius]

I just ordered a new sound card to replace my on-board sound, and I've heard that the on-board sound should be disabled.  Do I do this by just going into the device manager and disabling it?  Thanks.

[Gunny04]

Never the device manager...!!!!! The bios my friend, the bios is where you disable it, should be something like onboard audio enable/disable...

Gunny

[Mobius]

Righty-o, thanks, good thing I checked.

[Gunny04]

No problem, you would have figured it out though I think

Gunny

[Ivan]

BIOS or jumper (or both)

[ctjoyce]

BIOS or jumper (or both)

Just about nothing needs a jumper to configure anything now. Its only resetting the CMOS that needs that. Everything is from the BIOS

Cheers
Cameron

[luckeydawg20]

ok, how do you get to the bios ?

[ctjoyce]

When you power on your computer hold the Delete key.

Cheers
Cameron

[Mushroom_Farmer]

When you power on your computer hold the Delete key.

Cheers
Cameron

Not always. Some makes like Dell use other keys(F-10 or F-12) to enter setup. A quick google will provide a list of setup keys for different manufacturers.

[Boca]

Mines is the F2 key.  ;)

[Ivan]

BIOS or jumper (or both)

Just about nothing needs a jumper to configure anything now. Its only resetting the CMOS that needs that. Everything is from the BIOS

Cheers
Cameron

I have one reasonably modern board that has both BIOS and jumper for getting rid of the onboard sound (rev 1.x A7V333/Raid)