Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic let's see if anyone is smart enough to answer this Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]campina[/m] at 10:27 am on July 13, 2008[quote]say the sound card of my computer doesn't work nomore.. can i buy like a usb thingie then to connect my speaker to? [/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post campina Posted at 10:27 am on July 13, 2008 say the sound card of my computer doesn't work nomore.. can i buy like a usb thingie then to connect my speaker to?

Replies applefreek113 Posted at 10:19 pm on July 31, 2008 Just replace the sound card whimsy Posted at 3:52 pm on July 26, 2008 Quote: from Epicus at 6:52 pm on July 22, 2008 Lol, all you guys are practically brain-dead newbies.  The only difference between an external and internal soundcard, is the accessibility.  As long as the external comes with drivers and they're installed, it will be the same (if cheap) or better (if expensive) than what you had.  QED. Not quite...   there would be differences between a USB and PCI bus. For example, a friends GPS would not work plugged into the USB when charging his laptop through a cheap inverter that didn't have a pure sine wave output. Because there was so much interference from the 'dirty' mains supply it wasn't communicating properly over USB. Now that is a pretty uncommon situation, but still, everything else hardware wise on the laptopt worked. My external USB soundcard didn't even need drivers. Oh and they are usually more expensive, like you can get some pretty decent cheap soundcards. But have to spend quite a bit for USB. Epicus Posted at 6:52 pm on July 22, 2008 Lol, all you guys are practically brain-dead newbies.  The only difference between an external and internal soundcard, is the accessibility.  As long as the external comes with drivers and they're installed, it will be the same (if cheap) or better (if expensive) than what you had.  QED. whimsy Posted at 11:11 pm on July 17, 2008 Quote: from applefreek113 at 8:39 pm on July 17, 2008 i think the quality would be better coming out of an actual sound card Quality of my USB sound card through my amp sounds better than my PCI sound card...   applefreek113 Posted at 8:39 pm on July 17, 2008 i think the quality would be better coming out of an actual sound card whimsy Posted at 1:58 am on July 16, 2008 Quote: from campina at 10:27 am on July 13, 2008 say the sound card of my computer doesn't work nomore.. can i buy like a usb thingie then to connect my speaker to? Depends, what's the thingie and what is/are the speaker/s? You can get USB soundcards, I have one. Mine has no amplification, it's line level. Not sure if other brands or types would have speaker level outputs. So that brings me to my next question, what speakers ? I'm assuming if you used them with a soundcard in the past, that your speakers would have some sort of built in amplification, but your question is sort of broad. So with normal pc speakers or similar, like mp3 player speaker sets line level out from a USB soundcard would do the trick. You sure it's broken though ? What's the problem with it ? JeremyM Posted at 5:56 am on July 15, 2008 Quote: from JustWannaReadStuff at 1:29 pm on July 13, 2008 You could buy one, sure. But if your question is, will it work, then no. Why wouldn't it work? Do you have any reasoning for your reply? Very misleading. Of course it will work, providing there are correct drivers for your operating system. If you're on XP or Vista ( ) then they might even have drivers built in so it could be plug-and-play. Dickij03 Posted at 11:32 am on July 13, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 6:37 pm on July 13, 2008 Quote: from InsaneBlue at 6:33 pm on July 13, 2008 USB headsets do work without sound cards, but I haven't had great luck with them honestly. I probably just install them wrong. They only work without soundcards if they have soundcards built in That is why they are USB! allsmiles Posted at 10:37 am on July 13, 2008 Quote: from InsaneBlue at 6:33 pm on July 13, 2008 USB headsets do work without sound cards, but I haven't had great luck with them honestly. I probably just install them wrong. They only work without soundcards if they have soundcards built in InsaneBlue Posted at 10:33 am on July 13, 2008 USB headsets do work without sound cards, but I haven't had great luck with them honestly. I probably just install them wrong. violaghost Posted at 10:30 am on July 13, 2008 Yes. It's what I have - it's called an external sound card. If you don't want to sped a lot of money, I highly recommend the Creative Sound Blaster Live! [USB] Here matto Posted at 10:29 am on July 13, 2008 Are you sure that your sound card is physically broken?  Maybe you just need to reinstall the drivers... I'd personally recommend a new cheap sound card over a usb external device.... but they probably do exist (though I haven't seen one) JustWannaReadStuff Posted at 10:29 am on July 13, 2008 You could buy one, sure. But if your question is, will it work, then no. All 13 previous replies displayed.