New comp won't recognize sound card/onboard
My problem is that my computer absolutely refuses to play sound with anything but the case speaker. I have a Creative Audigy 2 ZC in the PCI slot, but that isn't working because apparently I am short a cable. There is a "CD" slot and an "AUX" slot on my mobo for the sound device, but I only have 1 cable that looks to fit accurately into the slot. I have another wire that fits, but it looks like something for another slot, it has 4 pins just as the sound card/mobo interface does, but only 3 of the 4 connections has a metal connecter, and it has a different shape and on one end says "Best."
If just 1 cable wil be all I need for the generic stuff, what do I plug my correct cable into for it to work? If not, where can I get another one of those cables? (I've looked everywhere to make sure I don't have another.)
Now this wouldn't be too crucial, but I have left the above connections out and plugged the outside speaker connectors into the ONBOARD audio ports and I STILL have no sound abilities, even in volume control it is constantly grayed out and says there is "No Audio Device." It should be noted that when I tried to use onboard Audio I DID still have the sound card plugged into the PCI slot, but nowhere else.
Please help!
My problem is that my computer absolutely refuses to play sound with anything but the case speaker. I have a Creative Audigy 2 ZC in the PCI slot, but that isn't working because apparently I am short a cable. There is a "CD" slot and an "AUX" slot on my mobo for the sound device, but I only have 1 cable that looks to fit accurately into the slot. I have another wire that fits, but it looks like something for another slot, it has 4 pins just as the sound card/mobo interface does, but only 3 of the 4 connections has a metal connecter, and it has a different shape and on one end says "Best."
If just 1 cable wil be all I need for the generic stuff, what do I plug my correct cable into for it to work? If not, where can I get another one of those cables? (I've looked everywhere to make sure I don't have another.)
Now this wouldn't be too crucial, but I have left the above connections out and plugged the outside speaker connectors into the ONBOARD audio ports and I STILL have no sound abilities, even in volume control it is constantly grayed out and says there is "No Audio Device." It should be noted that when I tried to use onboard Audio I DID still have the sound card plugged into the PCI slot, but nowhere else.
Please help!