sound card not detected in PCI slot

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From: rb608 (junkmail608_at_verizon.net)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: 31 Jan 2005 09:31:39 -0800

In anticipation of delivery of a new digital camcorder, I've been
anxious to get a Firewire port installed on the PC. I bought and
installed an Adaptec card, but XP would not detect it. After
exhausting the limits of my expertise, I took it to the local PC tech
guys who declared that the card was bad (it wouldn't detect in their
machine either.) Problem solved; so I thought.

Soured on Adaptec products, I instead opted for a Soundblaster Audigy 2
ZS card. I figure I only need one 1394 port anyhow, and why not
upgrade from the onboard sound while I'm at it. Installed it, booted
up, nothing. It doesn't detect either.

FWIW, I have already checked the BIOS, and PnP is enabled. I also
tried disabling the onboard audio in both Device Manager & the BIOS.
No difference. I tried manually installing the drivers from the mfr's
CD, but it will not proceed because it doesn't see the card.

I looked into the tech support at the Creative website, and it suggests
that if I have an AGP card installed, I should try moving the sound
card to a non-adjacent PCI slot. I do have an AGP video card; but the
Audigy card is actually two cards (the sound card & a SCSI joystick
card). Only one of these is adjacent to the AGP video card, but XP
isn't detecting either one. I haven't tried swapping the cards around
yet, but I'm skeptical that's going to make a difference.

Assuming the odds that I've bought two dead cards from two different
mfrs is pretty slim, I have to think I have a different problem. Any
suggestions on where I should look next?

TIA,
Joe

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