can someone pleeeeeeeeeeeease help!

ok, i just got my (new) montego II sound card, and i popped it into my comp, and set it up accoring to the instructions on www.vortexofsound.com for windows 2k. i get no sound. at all. same thing happened before (except under windows 98), thats the reason why i returned it.

anyone have any clue? i know its not my motherboard, because it worked once upon a time. this is the 3rd time ive returned it, and i dont think it's defective...because diagnostics say otherwise.

also, whats a good sound card for under $100?..needs to supports A3D and 4 speakers (if it can't, still tell me). i tried going a couple of other forums and asking, because are 455h0l35. and the place i bought it from (www.mwave.com), their tech support didnt help much...

-nabeel

[Edit] i also tried NT4 drivers, and those didnt work either

make sure your speaker is not on mute and other stuff as well. sometimes these get changed for some unknown reason. I think the sound blaster live rocks. I am pretty sure it supports surround sound and 4 speakers.

hmm im look on the turtle beach site. no 2k drivers. the santa cruz soundcard looks pretty sweet. ill prolly get that...6 speaker support..mmmm...any good?

haven't heard to much about santa cruz sound cards.

yeah ive checked that. i had a mobo mounted card before (yes, i disabled it, removed all the drivers and everything)

http://www.voyetra-turtle-beach.com/...ucts/santacru/


reviews say its perty good. supports tons of APIs. no other clues about meh other card?

sounds good, but the SB Live might do all that and 3/4 the cost.

SB Live! Value (what came with my Dell) is excellent. It has digital out, and normal stereo input/output, as well as rear output. And I have some nice speakers to complement it. :D

how much is it?

SC does all that, it also supports: Sensaura, EAX, A3D, DS3D, IA3D , and i can find 2 extra speaker to hook up :D


no suggestions about my other card? anyone?

It supports EAX, but you'll never use those 3D accelerations anyway; DirectSound 3D takes care of it.

I couldn't find it at Outpost.com (their search engine and delivery carrier both suck, but they themselves rock :)): http://www.soundblaster.com/products...me.asp?print=1

I told you that the SC sounds good, but hte SB live Value! is 3/4 the cost, @ around $35

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/compute...at.asp?loc=443

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Originally posted by nabeels786
ok, i just got my (new) montego II sound card, and i popped it into my comp, and set it up accoring to the instructions on www.vortexofsound.com for windows 2k. i get no sound. at all. same thing happened before (except under windows 98), thats the reason why i returned it.

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My Montgeo II works fine in Win2k...

well mine doesnt :(


filburt - i do use A3D and all of those guys, ima heavy gamer

But DirectSound 3D should take care of it...

A3D is coooooooool

EAX can do some freaky stuff, too. But A3D is emulation, so therefore, it sucks, ESPECIALLY on just stereo sound cards.

well what can you do