sound card

[Hexarthra]

I just bought an audio excel sound card for my presario 5002 US...it has a built in sound card. my problem is the software loads, but it doesn't show up on the device driver listing, and it won't work. It goes through the driver loading sequences, but nothing happens after it loads the software.
do i need to deactivate the onboard sound card? how?

[Xeroid]

Yes, you can usually disable the onboard sound in your BIOS Setup. It's been a while since I've worked on a Compaq, but you used to enter the BIOS Setup by hitting F10 key.

You should be able to find the onboard sound in Integrated Peripherals.

[Hexarthra]

thanks...I have tried to go to the bios, but F10 just gets me into "shallow" bios...nothing to do with disk drives, on board peripherals or the like...just boot order, date time and stuff like that.
how can I get to the real bios in a compaq?
anybody...anybody...Bueller, Bueller?

[Hexarthra]

I found the area to disable the onboard sound, but it did not allow the sound card software to perform...problems problems...I just took it out...I'll live without the sound card.
lesson here, if you want to expand, usually good to have a non-propriety machine
thanks to you for your help