i was thinking of adding a pci sound card. i have 4 slots in the case of my pc but only 3 white sockets inside. the top one firewire, middle modem, and bottom video/tv capture card. is there some sort of adaptor i can get to use a forth pci? or what are my other options? many thanks
Do you use firewire at all? If you can use USB for whatever you use firewire for, then that would allow you to use a sound card instead. USB 2.0 is faster than firewire, unless you hook up some camera equipment to it or something.
Unfortunately, you can't add a PCI slot to a motherboard. You're stuck with three. What you can do however, is either get an external sound card, such as:
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