I have 2 soundcards, a Onboard SIS card and a SB Live card, I use the Sis for my sound output and the SB for my MIC inoput because the SIS Mic jack dosent work. Can having these 2 soundcards cause slow down? because my games freeze now and again and i notice the HDD light is blinking, if so do i disable the SIS sound drivers?

thx

Why do not just disable the onboard sound and just use the SB Live instead ?

I could but theres too many codes names under the sound properties and I dont know what is what lol.

you should try and disable o/b sound in the bios and windows should do the rest

I have disabled the On board soumd but now when I plug the speakers in my SB Live card and try speak through the Mic I can here my own voice coming out the speakers, whats up with that?

I also just noticed the sound coming from my left speaker is very crackely and low if i move the bal;ence to the right speaker it is crystal clear. any ideas?

try uninstalling the driver/software and reinstalling it again....and make sure the speaker cables/wires aren't tied up or all tangle and inserted into the soundcard correctly.