I have a Dell Dimension 4600, will a PCI Express sound card work in place of the original Sound Blaster 5.1 sound card

Hello michael_bilb

This is what comes up in device manager under "other devices" in windows xp.

The reason is that your computer uses creative sound blaster live 24bit sound card.

To get read of that you need to install the sound card driver. It can be downloaded from Dell support on their web site.

If you can not get it from dell try this link
http://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=1&CatName=Sound+Blaster#

on the screen click on "live"
in the "archive products" column click on the last item "sound blaster lave value"
you should be able to download your driver from their.

Good luck
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Any PCI sound card can be fitted such as this one for example located here: http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=376099&sourceid=2459&CAWELAID=355969297 be sure it's PCI only, and not PCI Express, as your system does not support PCI Express.

The dimension 4600 has an integrated sound card, but if that is not working and a driver update does not correct the issue, then any sound card that used a PCI interface will work with that system.

Ok you need to get a PCI audio card its up to you whih one you get. I would recomend this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELL-P1554-PCI-AUDIO-CARD-W-1394-SOUND-BLASTER-AUDIGY-2_W0QQitemZ380153738539QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_ComputerComponents_SoundCards?hash=item5882edb52b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Check to see if you have a sound card in a pci slot or if the sound is intergrated into the motherboard. If its in the board you can get the driver from the computer or motherboard manufacturer. If its a pci card get the driver from the card manufactures website

It sounds like you may have broken your sound card. I had the same problem when I tried to digitise my old 4-track recordings. 
I tried the broken card in another PC, found that it was not working, so I went out and bought a new sound card.

hi! here is the answer:
Audio Output

• Type Sound card - Integrated(Any Audio Card that fits the pci slot
• Sound output mode 5.1 channel surround
• Audio output compliant standards AC '97
• Speaker(s) Desktop

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http://support.creative.com/Products...=Sound+Blaster

Sound Blaster Live PCI is what this is called.

This card was also used in Dell Dimension 8100 systems, so you might get that driver.

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&catid=&impid=

or you can try the instalation cd from this site:

http://cr.am/framed.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbadboy.hub.io%2F&ref=driverguide

Most sound cards use the PCI bus to install a card. A cheap Sound Blaster Audigy works great for most applications.Under 40 bucks at Walmart.

Looks like you need to buy a new soundcard. Creative Labs makes an excellent 7.1 digital card for PCI slot that is relatively cheap. Just make sure when you purchase the card, it is Vista Compatable.