GA-8I865GVMK: need help on sound card

[jwan]

i added sound card o my gigabyte GA-8I865GVMK motherboard but there is fuzzy background noise

pls advise what causes this

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Have you disabled the onboard sound device in the BIOS?

If so can you give some more details of your components please?

[jwan]

Hi

Have you disabled the onboard sound device in the BIOS?

If so can you give some more details of your components please?

i disabled onboard sound in bios and it still makes the noise

what do you mean by components ?

[Dark Mantis]

what do you mean by components ?

Everything in your system box. PSU, CPU, motherboard,ram, etc etc and please update your profile so we know where in the world you are.

[jwan]

what do you mean by components ?

Everything in your system box. PSU, CPU, motherboard,ram, etc etc and please update your profile so we know where in the world you are.

pc spec as follows:

gigabyte GA-8I865GVMK motherboard

pc3200 2 gb ram  DDR400

3ghz pentium 4 CPU

80 gb sata drive

400 watt power supply unit

[Dark Mantis]

What PSU is it that is powering your system?  Make and model please.

It is possible theat you have a bad earth connection from your computer to the mains earth in the ring main. I still don't know what area you are in so it doesn't make it any easier to help you.

[jwan]

What PSU is it that is powering your system?  Make and model please.

It is possible theat you have a bad earth connection from your computer to the mains earth in the ring main. I still don't know what area you are in so it doesn't make it any easier to help you.

i am in UK

what do you mean by "bad earth connection from your computer to the mains earth in the ring main" ?

[Dark Mantis]

The ring main is the supply in the building with the outlets in the wall. Now sometimes the earth(ground) connection on the wall socket can be faulty or it could be your connection from the PSU earth to the wall socket that is faulty but this is one way you would notice it. It could well be mains hum that you are hearing.

You are making this much longer because you are not answering my questions as I ask them.

What PSU is it that is powering your system?  Make and model please.