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My soundcard is non-functional. It has a driver/hardware problem.



Or so you think. It could still be functioning in a weird way. Have you gone to "Device Manager" and totally removed this card?If you get sound with the external card unplugged there are a couple reasons:
1.The internal card is still working to some degree
2.There are ghosts in your house
3.You're nuts, which I certainly doubt.


John
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