Sound Card detected by windows but not BIOS

[Maniacal]

My mother used the integrated soundcard with no problem for 4 months and then it stopped working. She bought a new(well, older card now but still for sale on NCIX)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=17424&vpn=30SB057000000&manufacture=Creative Labs
Windows XP recognizes the card, we already disabled the onboard sound in the BIOS however the new soundcard (which is properly plugged in) is NOT in the BIOS and I cannot figure out how to enable it. Help please?

Yes the drivers are installed.

WindowsXP
1gig ram
7900GT
414gigs free on the hard drive
ASUS A8N5X motherboard

On a funny note (and they worked fine on multiple computers and are not the problem) the speakers are from the 1960s and the Luxman Am/FM Stereo Tuner-Amplifier R-3030 is from the 1970s. They all work perfectly fine like they did 30-40 years ago, except now with technology that was not even imagined back then.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

You wont need to enable the new soundcard in the BIOS. There is no way the BIOS would know how to deal with the plethora of sound cards out there. You simply need to turn off onboard sound and plug in the new card. The fact that XP recognized it already means its working.

 

[Maniacal]

Okay good to know, then why am I not getting sound out of it? We both went through Microsoft's help files on it and everything is set up right.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

You hook up the speakers right? Check that its not muted? You also made sure to wipe the drivers for onboard sound right?

 

[Maniacal]

Yes and yes, I'll check on the 3rd one.

 

[Maniacal]

The onboard drivers were uninstalled. So that is not the problem.

 

[warpus]

Have you installed drivers for the new soundcard?

 

[Maniacal]

Okay I feel stupid, I was too lazy/distracted by food (I don't live at my parents, I do go there for food sometimes) to actually check it was plugged in correctly, my mother is good at troubleshooting system problems but not hardware apparently...

The spekaers were not plugged into the soundcard.

 

[warpus]

You know, when such a thing happens, you're not actually supposed to tell us that

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Let me just say: I called it.

 

[Maniacal]

It was too funny not to share. Just brings up rule number 1 - Is it plugged in correctly?