crosshair formula III????

KING_OF_SAND · #1 06-10-10, 03:50 AM

this is a mix between sound card and mobo issue. alright so i have a ASUS crosshair formula III mobo and as you may know it has a supreme FX sound card separate. i have been all over the internet and i cant find a single person who can confirm whether or not you can replace the sound card with a different one. some say you cant others say you can but no one has tried, or has proof. i want to replace the sound card with a ASUS essence stereo sound card, but i dont want to spend the money, find out its not compatible, then RMA it. has any one tried this or have confirmed proof that it does work.

SiN · #2 06-10-10, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by KING_OF_SAND

this is a mix between sound card and mobo issue. alright so i have a ASUS crosshair formula III mobo and as you may know it has a supreme FX sound card separate. i have been all over the internet and i cant find a single person who can confirm whether or not you can replace the sound card with a different one. some say you cant others say you can but no one has tried, or has proof. i want to replace the sound card with a ASUS essence stereo sound card, but i dont want to spend the money, find out its not compatible, then RMA it. has any one tried this or have confirmed proof that it does work.

Of course it will work, you will just need to uninstall your old X-Fi drivers before you put the new Asus card in.

KING_OF_SAND · #3 06-10-10, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Th3rmal K1ng

Of course it will work, you will just need to uninstall your old X-Fi drivers before you put the new Asus card in.

yea see i have heard that before. BTW i am talking about using the same pci-e/x1 the original sound card is in. some people say that slot will only work with that particular card, and some say "thats not true."

KING_OF_SAND · #4 06-10-10, 06:49 AM

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alexhull24 · #5 06-10-10, 09:32 AM

Not sure about the PCI-E slot it is in, though I reckon it'll probably work. I'm running the onboard card alongside an X-Fi xtremegamer and they play together just fine. All you have to do is swap default device in the windows sound control panel.

KING_OF_SAND · #6 06-10-10, 09:56 AM

yea ill have to give it a try. my local frys electronics has the ASUS essence, so i may pick one up and see.

KING_OF_SAND · #7 07-10-10, 04:56 AM

can anyone confirm Th3rmal K1ng?

AMDFTW · #8 07-10-10, 02:38 PM

it will work,why wouldent it i mean its not a locked pci lane is it?

is there not another lane anyway,but get all the drivers off there by doing a driver sweeep

alicarve · #9 07-10-10, 04:51 PM

well i have the asus striker extreme and the asus rampage II extreme and they both use the sumpremefx card and i can tell you that you cant use any other card in the same slot, well i couldnt anyways.

KING_OF_SAND · #10 07-10-10, 08:36 PM

i think it is a locked PCI lane, that is what i want to so for sure. some say its locked others say it isnt. and as Alicarve said it didnt work for him so i dont know if it will for me. also i could put my sound card in another lane but that would make me lose room for crossfire.