Will this work if my current laptop sound card no longer works? In other words, does it rely on the current audio card, or is it independent?
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It seems to work fine but t was only the lap top speakers that were out not the sound card. Check your device manager to see if the sound card is functioning if the computer says it is. Check your sound systems. Its easy to replace a sound card in a lap top. And worth it.
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Yep it works perfect without any other sound card. That's what I bought it for.
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Check your device manager regarding your sound card. My trouble was bad apeakers on my seven year old dell xp 1500 it works great with my stereo. Also check your sound settings upgrades from microsoft can change settings...i know thats sooo stupid but it does
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Will this work if my current laptop sound card no longer works? - Yes, but you have to plug in separate speakers. It won't be able to run your laptop speakers unless you hack the laptop I think.In other words, does it rely on the current audio card, or is it independent? - It's independent.
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If your laptop is bluetooth ready, for sure it works. In fact, no matter what device on the other end, the headset work the same-connect by bluetooth, then play out what it received. That's it
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This is a sound card for your computer... It should make the sound work but not necessarily through your computer speakers... You would have to plug a set of speakers into the sound card and then listen to sound through the extra speakers... Their I a setting with the card that does allow you to play through compute speakers, but I am not sure it it would fix any problem with your existing computer sound system.A computer shound problem might just be a setting in your control panel under sound... Try changing a few of the sound settings to see if it corrects your problem... good luck... This is a sound card for your computer... It should make the sound work but not necessarily through your computer speakers... You would have to plug a set of speakers into the sound card and then listen to sound through the extra speakers... Their I a setting with the card that does allow you to play through compute speakers, but I am not sure it it would fix any problem with your existing computer sound system.A computer shound problem might just be a setting in your control panel under sound... Try changing a few of the sound settings to see if it corrects your problem... good luck...
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In theory you can, i have 2 usb cards connected to my laptop, plus the internal one, and all of them work, so in theory it should work. The only problem i see, is how the computer would identify each one of the usb audio interfaces, and how the user (you) would know each interface. Another thing that can help is to use the ASIO4ALL audio driver, if you are using Windows. Hope this helps.
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I read that audio is not supported, BUT will the laptop/chromebook audio speakers still work or by plugging into the HDMI port it cuts out the audio of the laptop.
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Hi Deborah,I have been successful with my hookup and audio. At this point I would make sure your laptop supports a direct HDMI connection and that you have changed your audio output in the control panel under whatever O.S. you have.Hope this helps.Also, in some situations, the audio is going to default to the laptop if the connection is a HDMI Input. You want a HDMI Output on the laptop.
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If you have this slot on your computer. It will support everything the built-in sound card does. This is an older verison of X-Fi and windows 8 may have better mixing software. Most computer today don't come with this Express card slot and I think Creative has gone to USB and on-board motherboard applications. Finally, this particular version (Notebook) you have does sound better than all of the rest, in my opinon.
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I didn't get any special sound card. I am running mine on a MAC desktop that is about 2 years old, sounds great. So I guess it depends how old your computer is.
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NO This item can replace the built-in sound card and/or adds the usb sound device. You may have to go to control panel and select the USB audio device as the default.
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Yes, this is an external sound card, you plug it in with a USB cord. You will plug in your mic into the sound card. The reason you are getting a hiss is probably due you using the mic on the laptop. The hiss that occurs then is from the laptop fan being close to the mic. I had the same issue.
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Depends on what kind of sound card. Laptop int. sound card I would say yes you need a card. External, or pci-e would be good.
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Nope. Sorry. This is just a Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) connector. For sound, try using a bluetooth enable speaker or you can plug your external speakers by means of an audio jack. If your laptop has speakers, that can produce sound too...
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All sound issues I was having with this laptop were fixed when I installed the latest windows sound drivers. I got them directly from microsofta website. After that I had no issues at all.
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no, you will need a sound card regardless to play sound on your computer ..... speakers of any kind only work with a soundcard installed.
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It will bypass all internal audio components. I wouldn't call it an improvement over most integrated audio, but for a laptop with bad onboard you would definitely hear an improvement.
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The sound comes through the HDMI. We used this to connect a laptop & tv, so we did have to go in and adjust the settings on the laptop to make the sound come through. It was awhile ago, so I dont remember what setting I had to change for it all to work, maybe sound card, maybe an hdmi port setting, but it works.
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Based on my expierence you'd only be able to use one output at a time depending on your operating system...once the USB is removed the sound goes back to the internal sound cardCJ