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Sound cards in general
Was surprised to learn that many (if not most) of the mfgs. are putting out cards with no internal hookups (or perhaps 1 at best). So, if you have need for two internal plug-ins you probably will have a problem, be those two CD-ROMs, or 1 CD & 1 DVD-ROM, or whatever combination you might have. Perhaps you will be fortunate enough to have a MB that has 1 plug-in built in. I did, but the new card I bought had none (and I was too ignorant to realize that there was going to be a probem with this)!!!! That left something out in the cold unless I bought a different card. I did just that with a Creative SB XF-I Extreme Audio which has one plug-in on it. So, I have to wonder out loud about this issue - since CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs have been out for quite some time why don't these MB manufacturers provide more than 1 built in plug-in??? Perhaps they are also in the business of selling sound cards??? Understand, I am not into buying really high-end MBs, video cards and sound cards. It may well be that some of that high-end stuff has those other capabilities?? Not really causing me a problem but I did not realize this (about no plug-ins on the sound card). Seems funny why they no longer have two or three on a card!!