[HappyStick]

Hey all,

I'm new to the forums, so first of all, hello everyone. :grin:

I bought a new computer last year April, with an X-fi Xtreme Audio.
I have a Razer Piranha headset. At first I thougt my mic didn't work at all, but later on I found a way to get it working. When I plug both my sound (doesn't matter if it's a speaker or a headset), and my mic (any mic) into my soundcard, one of the two stops working, so I'm forced to either have my mic in the front of my computer (which gives me terrible static and a bad mic quality), or to put my speakers/headset in the front (which also gives me bad quality). I have this problem on both XP and Vista so it's not OS related. I use Alchemy on Vista and I used the real drivers on XP.
Also, when I have both my sound and my mic in the back, my computer records the things that are going on ON my computer. I've tryed everything I could think of, find on the internet, consulted friends with knowledge of computers, nothing worked.

Greetz,

Happy

 

[asidman]

Hi HappyStick & Welcome to TSF :wave:
Try removing the sound card via Device Manager (Press the Windows key + Pause Break and choose device manager from the left on Vista and under the Hardware tab in XP)
Restart your PC and let it re-install when your PC boots up.
See if this helps...

 

[HappyStick]

Nope, tryed it, still the exact same problem

Here are 2 pictures of my sound settings:

The recording one also has an S/PDIF-in (SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio) (Currently Unavailable)

 

[asidman]

Try removing your sound card and using the onboard sound and see if there is a difference
If no onboard sound, try another card if you can get one. Remember to remove the device from Device manager before shutting down to remove it. That way we can avoid some problems

 

[HappyStick]

Hmm, I guess I'll just go see my manufacturer, because if I open my case, I void my warranty. Thanks for the input tho' :grin:

 

[asidman]

Sorry could not be more help, maybe someone else has a better idea of what else it could be.

 

[HappyStick]

Yeah, it's just really weird, because it's not broken, because they both work great, just not at the same time. I've pretty much tryed everything I could think of.

 

[asidman]

I'll try PM one of the other team members to see if they have any idea

 

[Pauldo]

What is your computer?

It looks like you have both onboard audio and the Creative card running at the same time. Maybe there is some confusion as to what to do when you plug both in.

Does it say muted when this happens?

Pauldo

 

[McNinja]

I think that you may have the wrong devices enabled for your sound and microphone.

for your sound output have you tried putting this on as the default
Digital Audio Interface
SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio

For your microphone I would use one of these two
Hi definition Audio Device (one of the two at the top)

 

[HappyStick]

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Video Card: XFX Nvidia 8800 GT Superclocked
Sound Card: SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Speakers/Headphones: Razer Piranha and normal logitech speakers
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1
Motherboard: Asus P5K

Anything else you need?
It doesn't say muted, once I plug in my speakers in the back (doesn't matter if it's my headphones or my speakers so I'll just use my speakers as an example), the mic stops working, and whenever I record sound using the sound recorder, it records the things going on ON my computer.

Mcninjaguy, I've tryed what you said, but it doesn't work. Once I plugged it in the back, it indeed started using the Digital Audio Interface that you talked about, but my mic still doesn't work. Also (just noticed) when I have music on, the mic volume says its full, and when I turn it off, it's empty (just a confirmation that it's recording what is going on ON my computer, the recordings are HORRIBLE quality by the way). Whenever I take my speakers back out of the sound card, my mic works again, no problemo. The only weird thing is that my mic doesn't work, untill I plug my speakers back into the front, so if I leave my speakers out, my mic doesn't work either.....ok this is getting so weird...

PS: My current setup is with my mic in the back (so the mic that says "working" on the picture, is the one I'm using IN my sound card) and I have my speakers plugged in the front (so it's using the Speakers that say "working" on the picture...whenever I plug my speakers in the back, it uses the Digital Audio Interface (SB X-fi Xtreme Audio) one).

 

[Old Rich]

Have you disabled the onboard sound card in BIOS? . .

 

[HappyStick]

Uhm, not that I know of, how do I do that?

 

[Old Rich]

Go into BIOS . . When you first turn othe pc, you should see a message to "press XX to enter Setup" . . do that and nose around to where you can disable the onboard sound

 

[HappyStick]

Alright, I've tryed what you said. The Onboard was indeed still enabled, but disabling it didn't do anything, even my front panel was still working after I disabled it...

 

[Vexed]

Should be something like Integrated Peripherals. XX to enter at start up i would say. Sometimes it's tab or delete. You should see a post message at the post screen at the bottom indicating the key to enter setup. Just disable onboard sound. May be set to auto or something to that effect.

 

[HappyStick]

Yeah, I just did that

 

[McNinja]

O would have second deeper look at the bios to see if there's any thing else you can find. It could be HD audio or RC 97'

 

[HappyStick]

It was set at HD Audio, but I could also choose for RC 97'...I just disabled it
I couldn't find anything else that has to do with the onboard.

 

[Pauldo]

Anything for front panel? There is usually an HD or AC'97 for that as well.

You may need to uninstall and reinstall sound drivers after you have disabled your onboard.

Pauldo