One thing you'll need to know is whether your PC takes ISA cards or
PCI cards, (in brief, the connectors on the motherboard are different).
Which you have depends on how ancient your PC is. Your PC owner's
manual will say, perhaps Gateway's web site will say. It's possible
you've got some of each.

ISA was used years ago; if you need an ISA sound card, look on Ebay.
It would help if you'd post your operating system. Do you have USB
ports? Look at http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
or an 'all in one' for usb at http://www.hammacher.com/publish/73363.asp


And you'll need to use the Tape Out or earphone jack of your stereo
amplifier or receiver as the input source to the computer; you can't
plug in the turntable directly.


dougreed wrote:
Hi, I am not a computer or tech geek. I have over 1000 lp's and I need
some help so I can listen to them on wma or mp3. My old Gateway micro
tower has been just fine til now. I tried the Gateway 'Tech' site and
guess what, no help . I need to know if I can put some type of
card in the empty add-in slot in the back of this thing. All I need is
a card with RCA input jacks that I can plug my stereo into and turn
the analog signal into digital for wma or mp3 storage on a hard drive.
I do not know what type of connectors ( if any ! ) are in the empty
slot, I don't know what type of card I may need. I dont need any bells
or whistles, just interface from analog to digital via RCA inputs. Yes
I've seen the millions of ads for hardware/software programs that
restore the sound, arrange the tunes, bring disco back to life,
and...bla-bla-bla, I just need inputs and a processor to turn the
analog signal to digital...is there such a simple plug-in 'sound' card
device, and will it work in an old Gateway ???....thanks, Doug...
PS I promise not to listen to any of my lp's on an Ipod :smirk: