crosshair formula III????

KING_OF_SAND

KING_OF_SAND

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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.
 
KING_OF_SAND said:
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.
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Of course it will work, you will just need to uninstall your old X-Fi drivers before you put the new Asus card in.
 
Th3rmal K1ng said:
Of course it will work, you will just need to uninstall your old X-Fi drivers before you put the new Asus card in.
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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."
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
Go to an electronics/computer store and buy something that uses an x1 slot, and try it out. Then return the card, and confirm the mystery.
 
Th3rmal K1ng said:
Go to an electronics/computer store and buy something that uses an x1 slot, and try it out. Then return the card, and confirm the mystery.
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yea that is what i am going to have to do. i was just hoping someone here could tell me so i didn't have to waste the time.
 
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