subject: Troubleshooting The 3 Known Sound Card Problems W/ Audio Device Drivers [print this page] The first known sound card trouble that you might encounter is a different distortion of sound, and this is so common to the industry in the way that the sound that is coming from your speakers isn't only not clear, but it also has the hissing sound, and your sound card driver can't seem to be able to interpret the sound coming from the audio file into something that signifies it to the letter, and this is one of the major problems that might appear when you have either an out dated one on your system or have the wrong set of drivers.
The trouble comes when there is an IRQ or maybe Windows gets confused and system file conflict, which signifies that some of the audio card functions don't work and some of them do, which then clarifies why the audio could come out, but it appears the way it does, so you need to be very careful when you're installing an audio card with audio device drivers.
The second thing that can curse you is the truth that the sound card driver doesn't work at all, and of course this is excluding the truth that you have already ascertained and checked that it isn't a audio device problem. This is one of the key things that occur when the drivers are out of the order and Windows can't execute and recognize them, which signifies the contact from the PCI port to the system can't take place at all, and this is where the driver corruption occurs. One of the things that you must realize is that Windows depends heavily on the driver for all of its needs to perform the hardware and one thing you need is some renewed sound audio device drivers.
The last trouble that can happen to you is that the whole computer could lock-up and you will see that your computer breaks every time you activate the sound card, and this is a sign that the drivers are at-fault and something should be done. This is one of the serious versions of a driver clash, where it affects sub systems w/in the OS and the only way that Windows could respond and improve from this is to reboot or freeze itself.
These are some reasons why you need to have access to the proper set of audio drivers, and in almost all cases, it appears that you would need the audio device update drivers for you to do this. And all you need to get this is that you need to log online to the spot where you purchased the device from or its maker and get some support from them. They will enable you to download the audio device driver or they will be mailed to you.
