The '25 can replace the internal soundcard.

However, now that I know the *reason* concerning your internal soundcard problem, that the thing took a lightning hit, I cannot say if things would work as they are supposed to on that system or not. Nobody really can tell you about that.

At any rate, I'd disable the internal soundcard in the BIOS first, before installing any other sound device. That *may* help, but be advised that is lightning took out something in the hardware of the soundcard, there is a good chance that it has crippled other devices on the motherboard and it is just about impossible to say what they may be, or what impact that could have on attempting to record audio and MIDI over the long run. This can be trying enough to accomplish when everything is in the pristine and known to be working.


--Mac