How can I rip VG music without f*****g my sound card?

My sound card recently died. I was able to connect previously my Wii and my DS to the line in of the computer and had no problems at all. But when I connected a cable that my brother uses to hear music from his iPod (in the the stereo or the TV) from the line out of the PC to the audio-in of the TV… well…. that’s when my sound card died. My speakers suck and I thought I could be able to hear the audio of the computer in the TV.

I’m getting a new one so I can keep ripping, but i’m afraid of killing it again. Any recommendations? :S And sorry if this is not the place for this…….. 🙁

you’re sure you connected the cable from an LINE OUT jack to an LINE IN jack? because if you connect a cable between two out jacks, there’ll be a short circuit, which can damage the tv or the soundcard. i haven’t done this mistake myself but someone told me about it, so i’m always very careful what jack i plug the cables into..

another possible reason might be that you haven’t been connecting the cable to an actual line-in on your soundcard, but to a microphone jack. this works for a while, but eventually one day you’ll wake up and the card is dead/using the jack produces a tremendous hissing noise. i killed two soundcards in a row this way several years ago when i wasn’t very experienced in sound recording… 🙁

i’m no expert in this, but this is the the reasons i can think of. hopefully someone else with more knowledge will also look into this thread… 😀

buy some 70$ speakers

buy some 70$ speakers

Thanks to both! I did buy new speakers…. they were the main reason of why I connected my PC to the TV.

And thanks teblad. I was wondering that (the connecting tow line out jacks thing), and I’m sure I didn’t do what you explained, but I’ll be more careful next time though. I guess I’ll need to buy some more cables and adapters….. thanks again! XD