[JimT.]

I recently installed a Chaintech AV710 soundcard in an old computer with a Soltek 54U5 socket 7 motherboard. All I got was a loud squealing sound the moment it booted up. The card would play music along with the squealing, but the squeal didn't respond to volume changes.

Thinking it was a bad card, I put the Chaintech into another computer that had an identical sound card installed, and it worked fine. I then put a Creative CT4750 card into the Soltek, and it played fine.

I seem to have eliminated both the motherboard and the soundcard as sources of the problem--outside of a BIOS deficiency--so I'm wondering if it's a driver problem. I had no problem with the same driver in the other Chaintech AV710-equipped computer, but I seem to remember something about another source for Envy 24 drivers. Anyone have any ideas--other than trashing the old computer, which isn't mine to trash?

 

[Doby]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/Driver-Cleaner-Professional.shtml

The only thing I can think of is to run driver cleaner and remove any drivers relating to sound then try and install the latest drivers for the card.

Read the instuctions in the readme that cames with the download

 

[JimT.]

Thanks, Doby. Looks like a handy program. The Chaintek was the first soundcard installed, so I'm not sure there was any debris lying around, but maybe this way I'll get a fresh start with a later driver.