conflict between modem and soundcard

Nedrow (Nedrow@discussions.microsoft.com) in
9C71E79A-C003-4AE4-9870-14492E669C49@microsoft.com:

> I recently had to reinstall Windows XP. Once I did this, I had to
> download Media Player 10 to update it, but I found that there is no
> sound. When I reinstalled the soundcard from the Dell disk, it
> knocked out my modem (assigned it to the same port that my modem
> used.)
>
> So, used another Dell disk with "modem helper" to fix that, and all
> it did was put the modem into the sound port, and now I have no sound
> again.
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this so I can hear sound AND be on the
> internet??

Actually modem and sound card may share the hardware and thus the ports etc.
Both have all but been reduced to a two-way analog-digital converter.

Unfortunately I have only one suggestion, and I even doubt it:
if you have the choice, try using another protocol for the sound card. ASIO
seems to have the lowest latency, but is rather single-minded. I recently
experienced improvements when I chose MME instead of WDM. (But that was
within audio matters, on a notebook.)

--
Chris Laarman