Proprietary systems are usually a plaque here also. HP's and Compaq's make my head hurt usually. :-! I stopped referring to them as computers, they are appliances and disposable. my $.03 Fp
At 04:44 AM 4/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: >----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Quilhot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Hardware List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:07 AM >Subject: RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 & Auto Play Issues > > >>I had something similar to this happen to me, I ended up rolling back a bois >>update and the on board sound worked great > >After all attempts to install a SB PCI 128 failed, I bought a SB Audigy SE >Model SB0570 and it worked. My 8+ years of experience tells me that name brand >motherboards are not always impossible, but seldom easy. This is not like the >first time I have dealt with the name brand dog and pony show. Y'all may slam >me for damning them, perhaps even take up for them, but 8+ years causes me to >react according to my experiences. I know I would not have had to go out and >buy a different sound card if it had been one of my custom builds. That SB PCI >128 would have took to the motherboard like a duck taking to water. To repeat, >I had tried the PCI 128 in each of the 3 PCI slots, as the only card in a PCI >slot, so it being in the wrong slot could not have been an issue. With a name >brand all the slots are the wrong slot because they are on the wrong >motherboard. But as many of y'all say, "That is just me" when disagreeing with >my opinion of name brand computers. If I follow my conscience! and stick with real computer, real parts work. My stance saves me money. Although you may not speak up here, I strongly feel many of y'all have had the same problems getting things to work with the motherboards in name brand computers. > >Chuck -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Windows XP! From the folks who brought you EDLIN!
