Posted 09/17/09 at 04:00:36 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

I feel silly asking such a simple question—I can build a computer blindfolded, but from time to time I shock myself at the little things I haven’t learned: If I buy a USB-powered headset and install a Sound Blaster card on my motherboard, will my headset take advantage of the soundcard even though it’s plugged into a USB port (and not directly into the card)?

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Posted 11/07/08 at 03:45:04 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

I finally took the plunge and built my own rig. Everything worked fine until I plugged my Boston Acoustic Digital BA735 speakers into my EVGA 680i motherboard’s onboard outputs: Nothing happened. I received no sound at all. I tried the same speakers with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer card and got the same result: zilch. Am I missing something here?

The answer to Rich's question, after the jump!

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Posted 01/28/08 at 12:24:42 PM by The Maximum PC Doctor

Diagnosing and curing your PC problems - from AVCHD software to power LED connectors to EAX to sound card issues.

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