I bought Creative Vibra 128 bit, I have FoxConn motherboard, Dual boot (WinXP and Ubunut Linux). Each time I turn on my PC, I find the sound card is not detected and the system cannot detect it so I have to reboot the machine to detect it. This occurs each time I turn off my PC, I have to do a restart after I turn on my PC to detect the card. I thought it may be a driver problem, I reinstalled Windows XP and the Creative drivers and the same problem occurred again, it occurs also with Ubuntu Linux .:ohah:
Because this problem is occuring in Ubuntu as well as Windows, you are not suffering from a software/driver problem.
I suspect an incorrect setting in the CMOS setup (BIOS).
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[li]Reboot your computer
[/li][li]Tap ESC (or F1, F2, F10, F11, F12, DELETE) before Windows starts to load.
[/li][li]You should be looking at the CMOS setup screen
[/li][li]Look for a menu similar to ‘Integrated Devices’ or ‘Onboard Devices’
[/li][li]Find an option similar to ‘Onboard Sound’ and make sure it is ‘Disabled’.
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Obviously, your onboard sound cannot be enabled whilst you have a PCI sound card installed. This can lead to instability and compatibility problems
I did that already, but the problem was not solved.