[fatmaneatschild]

I want to use the echo or another external card but still be able to use the speakers on my laptop for times when I dont want to use headphones. Can I still do that somehow without buying external speakers?

 

[Oddball]

Okay, if I understand you correctly....

If you unplug/detach the soundcard, the laptop should revert back to its internal soundcard and speakers. So, yes it's possible. Just remove the soundcard.

 

[Mr.Radar]

I'd imagine you'd just setup dual soundcards under Windows.

 

[fatmaneatschild]

And how would u set up dual soundcards under windows???

 

[commando]

Carefully.

Seriously, in all decent programs (winamp, foobar) you just choose which sound card you want the noise to go to. The crap programs all use the default one.

 

[Budley007]

I use an Echo Indigo on my laptop. When I want to listen to music I just plug it in and it takes over. When I want to use the internal sound, I simply hit the "safely remove device" icon in the system tray. When the blue light goes off I pull the card and "baddabing" it's done. The internal sound takes over. Very simple procedure. No conflicts whatsoever.