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rob74
01-25-2003, 03:00 AM
i have a creative AudioPCI ES1371 already on my system and i want to install a Audigy2 Platinum card, i need to have both of them installed, how do i do this?? please help me!!

diminished
01-25-2003, 06:07 AM
just put the other soundcard in a pci slot like any other,and use the drivers that came with it,or vice o versa.basicly.

Ethan Winer
01-25-2003, 09:04 AM
Rob,

> i have a creative AudioPCI ES1371 already on my system and i want to install a Audigy2 Platinum card <

Usually, having two sound cards in one computer is not a problem. But I'm pretty you can't install two cards if they're both made by Creative Labs. Creative cards use system memory to store SoundFonts, so the two cards will conflict when they both try to use the same memory.

Since your older Creative card is less capable than the newer Audigy, I recommend removing the old one and keeping just the Audigy.

--Ethan