How do I disable onboard SoundMax audio on my Creation Station?
If you have enabled the onboard Sound Max audio on your Creation Station and find that it needs to be disabled again, the following steps will help you.
Restart the computer
When the system restarts, start pressing the delete key to get into BIOS. (BIOS is a blue and white interface that allows you to change attributes of the computer)
Once in BIOS, arrow right to the Advanced Page and arrow down to Onboard Devices. Press enter on the highlighted Onboard Devices to open the menu.
You will see the Audio Card “AC’97” listed as the topmost item.
Highlight it and press enter. this will give you two things to select from. Either Auto or disable.
To turn it off, select Disbale by arrowing down to highlight it and by pressing enter.
Now you may press escape to exit this menu.
Arrow over to exit and press enter. Press enter again to save and exit.
Your system will now restart and the onboard audio will no longer be enabled.
To reenable it, follow the same steps except you will want to change the selection to Auto instead of disabled.
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