how to tell if you have a real SB soundcard Options

[kel]

Greetings dragonati,

With a very probably dead microphone headset (its cables run over my office chair), I was trawlign these posts on the mike vs pod debate and came across the observation that this depended somewhat on whether you have a real SB soundcard or a mere SB chip. I specified a SB soundcard when this (yum cha) computer was ordered, but how can I if I have the real deal?
your humble neophyte awaits your wise responses with gratitude